AI Brief
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas welcomed the announced energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine but expressed concern over continued violence.
- Kallas urged the United States to impose sanctions on Russia and called for increased pressure from the EU and partners to end the conflict.
- US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire, but Ukraine awaits details and Russia has not commented on the agreement.
THE European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday (October 12) welcomed the announcement of an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, though she added she would prefer one "which includes people not being killed."
She said it was not clear whether Russia would stick to the ceasefire, and called for the US to impose sanctions on Russia.
"We would call the US to get the sanctions in place so that we could actually finish the war," she said.
Additionally, Kallas called for increased pressure from the EU and its partners to Russia to end the conflict, saying that if Russia stopped its attacks, Ukraine would not need to defend itself.
U.S. President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced on Sunday (October 11) that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to an energy ceasefire, but Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was still waiting to see details of the energy ceasefire while Russia did not comment.
