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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges the EU to restrict Russians' entry and sever ties with the Russian Federation.
Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybyha said that Russia is already waging war against Europe, using sabotage, cyberattacks, disinformation, and other tools of hybrid aggression. He urged European governments to sharply limit the presence of Russians, cut ties with the Russian Federation, and dismantle Russian influence networks.
Sybyha wrote this on the social network X.
According to the minister, Moscow is already attacking Europe, although European states may refuse to admit it. Among the manifestations of Russian aggression he named the incident in Leipzig, sabotage against defense manufacturers in ten EU countries, covert recruitment, GPS jamming for aviation, drones and missiles intruding into NATO airspace, damage to undersea cables in the Baltic, and cyberattacks.
Sybyha separately mentioned large-scale disinformation campaigns that exploit the crisis in Ceuta, as well as recently discovered underground tunnels leading from Belarus to the Baltics.
"These incidents should be treated seriously, as coordinated components of a broader malevolent strategy," the foreign minister wrote.
He noted that similar tactics preceded Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in the 2014 and 2022 years.
Sybyha proposed three main steps. First – limit the presence of Russian citizens in Europe. Sybyha called for banning entry to the EU for Russian combatants and reducing nonessential visas to an absolute minimum.
Second – sever ties with Russia. This includes, in particular, ending trade relations, imposing a trade embargo, tightening sanctions, and halting all energy projects with the Russian Federation, including nuclear energy.
Third – dismantle Russian influence networks in Europe. Sybyha advocated closing Rossotrudnichestvo offices and "Russian houses," ending cultural and scientific exchanges, and banning Russian propaganda and its facilitators.
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whittaker said that Alliance countries should not leave deliberate actions within the scope of hybrid warfare unanswered, and that the United States will support allies in the event of such incidents. Incidents that allies believe may be deliberate are of particular concern.
In particular, Whittaker recalled the attempted drone attack on Germany’s Leipzig/Halle airport last month. Berlin attributed responsibility for it to Russia.
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