"At the start of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas warned that Ukraine was facing a "humanitarian catastrophe" due to Russian strikes cutting power in frigid winter conditions. "It's a very hard winter and Ukrainians are really suffering. There is a humanitarian catastrophe coming there," she said Kallas said that Russia was "bombing Ukrainians, trying to bomb and freeze them to surrender," and that Moscow was not serious about peace during the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi."
""On the Russian side, only their military personnel present who don't have a mandate to agree on anything," she said. The EU is preparing to increase its support for Ukraine's power grid and is planning a new round of sanctions on Moscow. Meanwhile, Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Stenergard called for a maritime ban on all Russian energy-transporting vessels to further curb Moscow's revenues. She also urged a ban on fertilizer imports from Russia and a prohibition on exporting luxury goods from the EU to Russia."
Russian strikes have cut power across Ukraine amid frigid winter conditions, creating an imminent humanitarian catastrophe. Targeted attacks on energy infrastructure aim to leave civilians without heating and electricity, increasing deaths and suffering. Moscow has not presented negotiators with authority to make binding peace agreements during recent trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi. The European Union plans to increase support for Ukraine's power grid and prepare a new round of sanctions on Russia. Sweden called for a maritime ban on Russian energy-transporting vessels, a ban on Russian fertilizer imports, and a prohibition on exporting luxury goods from the EU to Russia.
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