Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak/Word and Deed
Chairman of the President's Office Andrey Yermak met with advisers to the heads of the US, Great Britain, Germany and France. The main topic of the talks was the security guarantees that should be provided to Ukraine, as well as the situation at the front.
Yermak spoke about the details of the talks on social networks. He informed the Western partners that the situation is difficult in the southeastern part of Ukraine.
With whom did Andriy Yermak negotiate:
- National Security Adviser to the President of the United States, Jacob Sullivan
- Adviser to the Prime Minister of Great Britain on national security Stephen Lovegrove,
- Adviser to the German Chancellor on foreign policy Jens Platner, Adviser to the President of France on relations with Ukraine and Russia Isabelle Dumont.
Ukraine discusses security guarantees with Western states
The head of the Office of the President stressed that the parties continued to discuss future security guarantees that they might receive in the future. Yermak says he explains to partners that guarantees must be clear and specific.
A separate topic was the evacuation of people from Mariupol and Azovstal, which the Russians continue to bomb. Yesterday we managed to meet 156 people in Zaporozhye, whom we evacuated on May 1, Yermak added.
The Office of the President assured allies that Ukraine is doing everything possible to dismiss all Ukrainians.
Please note attention!Another topic of discussion is a new sanctions package against Russia. Yermak emphasized that by increasing pressure on Russia, Ukraine's victory could be brought closer.
What is known about the new package of sanctions against Russia:
- The European Union is preparing to approve the 6th package of sanctions against Russia soon. The European Commission has already handed over the document for familiarization with the EU member states.
- The draft of the European Parliament was presented by the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
- She said that sanctions would be imposed against the Russian military command involved in war crimes in Ukraine.
- Also, 3 Russian banks, including Sberbank, may be disconnected from SWIFT.
- Broadcasting of three Russian propaganda channels will be banned in the EU.
< li> Also, the package will include an embargo on Russian oil, but a gradual phase-out of imports is proposed. Exceptions regarding the duration of purchases will be made for Hungary and Slovakia, because they are completely dependent on “black gold” from Russia. Budapest has previously stated that it is vetoing the embargo.
