UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is hosted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for talks Monday in Kyiv as Western leaders express solidarity with Ukraine amid fears of a Russian invasion.
Scholz, who will travel to Moscow for a meeting Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, called for signs of de-escalation from Russia, tweeting that “further military aggression” would bring serious consequences. He said Russia’s actions represent a very serious threat to peace in Europe.
While not publicly committing to specific reactions in the case of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, one response Western governments have said they would take is imposing further economic sanctions against Russia.
“Our immediate priority is to support efforts to de-escalate the situation,” finance ministers from the G-7 said in a statement Monday. “However, we reiterate that in particular any further military aggression by Russia against Ukraine will be met with a swift, coordinated and forceful response. We
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