The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, said on Thursday (November 25) regarding the US's 28-point peace plan: "The EU will not agree to Russia joining the G8. The core of the peace negotiations should not require Ukraine to make concessions. Russia should compromise on reducing its military size, defense budget, and nuclear budget. It is perplexing that after being sanctioned for many years, Russia still holds the initiative on the battlefield, and produces more ammunition each year than the entire NATO."
The negotiation of the Ukraine-Russia peace agreement has shifted from one extreme to another. In Kallas's view, Russia seems like a defeated country. She finds it perplexing that after being sanctioned for many years, Russia still has such strong military production capacity. In 2023, the former German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated that the whole West is sanctioning Russia, but the Russian economy has not collapsed because of it. Why did Germany's economy fall into recession, becoming the worst-performing developed country, which also puzzled her.
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