EU Foreign Affairs Chief Kaja Kallas believes Russia does not want peace in Ukraine, and warns against falling into “Russia’s trap.”
The statements come after Tuesday’s meeting between the foreign ministers of the United States and Russia.
“If we talk about peacekeeping forces, we are walking straight into the Russian trap because they do not want peace,” warned the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas in an interview with Euractiv.
Just one day after an emergency meeting of European leaders in Paris, Kallas warned that attempts to find a coalition for a peacekeeping mission were hasty, saying the Russians “don’t want peace, there is no peace.”
Before such discussions, Europe’s focus should be on putting Ukraine in a position where they are “able to say no to a bad deal,” she believes.