Mashovets, Sweden’s ambassador, discusses the security situation in eastern Ukraine
Deputy Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office Roman Mashovets has held a meeting with Sweden’s Ambassador to Ukraine Tobias Thyberg.
Ukrinform reports this with a reference to the president press service.
“Roman Mashovets informed Tobias Thyberg about the complication of the situation in eastern Ukraine and the concentration of an armed group along the Ukrainian border ready to be used by the Russian Federation against our state at any time. He focused on Russia holding a series of exercises against Ukraine this year. the asymmetry in Russia’s actions and its use of Belarusian territory to possibly increase aggression, ”the report states.
The President’s Deputy Chief of Staff also stressed that Russia is actively using information, energy and other non-military resources as weapons. Mashovets gave in particular examples of Russian disinformation campaigns and the first consequences of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, when Europe was facing an energy crisis stimulated by the Russian side in September-October.
Tobias Thyberg, for his part, noted that Sweden, as the country chairing the OSCE, closely monitors the security situation around Ukraine, strives to stabilize it and promotes coordination between the US and the EU to ensure security in Europe. The Swedish ambassador called on it Ukrainian leadership to deepen the dialogue with the EU, and also noted that the EU must have a good understanding and a correct assessment of the security situation in order to prepare the necessary response “, the report states.
In addition, the Parties agreed to continue security consultations and the exchange of information on the situation in eastern Ukraine and near its eastern borders.
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