Lhe energy ministers of the European Union will hold an extraordinary meeting on Monday to address the energy situation in the community market in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and after the Russian state gas company, Gazprom decided to cut off supplies to Poland and Bulgaria this week due to the refusal of both countries to pay for gas in rubles as required by the Kremlin.
The debate will seek to ensure the supply and gas reserves in the EU as well as the flow within the community market. They will also focus on the possible measures to be applied to manage the use of gas and joint gas purchases in the single market in a coordinated manner between the Member States with the aim of establishing a common position. Although the payment in rubles is not expected to be one of the agenda items.
English deployment
The The United Kingdom announced that it will send 8,000 British Army soldiers to participate in military exercises in Eastern European countries. where they prepare to combat Russian aggression. On Monday the energy ministers of the European Union will meet in an extraordinary way after Russia’s decision to cut off supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. While the UN Security Council will address the attacks on kyiv during the visit of the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.
British forces will send 8,000 of their soldiers to Eastern Europe where they will also deploy tanks in a joint action with NATO. and the Joint Expeditionary Force made up of Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway. In this sense, the Secretary of Defense of the United Kingdom, Ben Wallace, assured that “the security of Europe has never been so important. In these exercises, our troops will join forces with NATO allies and partners and the Joint Expeditionary Force in a show of solidarity and strength in one of the largest shared deployments since the cold war.”
The British Ministry of Defense explained that the action had been planned for some time and that it was reinforced after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Dozens of tanks will be deployed from Finland to North Macedonia. “The UK makes a significant contribution to the defense of Europe and to the deterrence of Russian aggression. The British Army’s series of exercises is essential to both,” said British Army Commander Ralph Wooddisse. “The scale of the deployment, coupled with the professionalism, training and agility of the British Army, will deter aggression on a scale not seen in Europe this century,” he added.
The UN Security Council plans to discuss next week the missile attack recorded in kyiv this Thursday, while the organization’s secretary general, António Guterres, visited the city, according to the body’s current president. secretary-general’s visit to kyiv yesterday there were missile attacks on the city and this is a matter of great concern,” said British Ambassador Barbara Woodward, who chairs the Security Council for April. The diplomat explained that her delegation has been in contact with the UN Secretary General and that both Guterres and his team are fine, but there are reports of civilian casualties. Two projectiles hit kyiv on Thursday, just as the head of the United Nations was in the city.