Support for European integration and strengthening sanctions against Russia: Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Robert Metzola

The President of the European Parliament emphasized the strengthening of further assistance to Ukraine. "Together, we can prove to the Russians that their actions will not be unanswered, and together we will do it to restrain them and provide peace," said Robert Metzol. During the meeting, the key topics of Ukraine interaction with European institutions were discussed.

The head of state emphasized that our country is counting on the opening of the first negotiation cluster as soon as possible and unanimous support of this decision by all EU member states.   "We are doing what we have promised, and for our part, we are very expected that the European Union, European leaders will do their part of the work - what concerns the clusters," the President said.

Volodymyr Zelensky noted separately the opening of the European Parliament's office in Ukraine, which will strengthen coordination between the Verkhovna Rada and the European Parliament. "The European Parliament is quite clear: your future is Europe, and it is part of the necessary security guarantees that your country needs, but which Europe also needs," said Robert Motzol. Special attention is to strengthen sanctions against Russia.

The Head of State stressed that Ukraine is expecting the approval of the 19th EU sanctions and expects that it will be directed against Russian energy and infrastructure for their trade, banking sector and bypassing sanction restrictions. In addition, it was about how to give greater Europeanness to the positions of Slovakia and Hungary. “We also count on the appropriate sanction steps of the United States of America.

Putin should feel that his intention to continue the war, continue strokes, and in particular transfer destabilization to countries such as Poland, Romania - that all this will mean pain for Russia, ”said Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Robert Matzol noted that the European Parliament would continue to weaken the Russian military machine through the mechanisms of sanctions. According to her, it is important to abandon the use of Russian energy resources and strengthen the restriction on the shadow fleet.