During a meeting in Warsaw on Monday, Poland's Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, Germany’s Johann Wadephul and France’s Jean-Noël Barrot warned that Moscow, despite its rhetoric, remained intent on aggression rather than peace.
The three ministers, holding talks in the Polish capital as part of the so-called Weimar Triangle, were joined by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
“Recent Russian provocations against Poland and Estonia are worrying, but they demonstrate that Russia continues to seek confrontation and is not interested in peace,” Poland's Sikorski said at a joint news conference.
He thanked France and Germany for deploying fighter jets to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank, calling it a visible sign of allied solidarity.
France's Barrot said the ministers confirmed their “unwavering support for Ukraine,” arguing that Russia is losing militarily, politically and economically.
He cited Ukraine’s strikes on refineries, which he said had cut Russian refining capacity by about 17 percent, and noted new EU sanctions under discussion with coordination from US President Donald Trump’s administration.
Measures could include a full ban on Russian LNG imports from 2027, targeting major oil companies, shipping vessels, banks and cryptocurrency channels used to evade sanctions.
“Russia makes a grave mistake if it doubts Europe’s unity,” Barrot said, adding that NATO allies are prepared to defend “every square centimetre” of alliance territory.
Germany's Wadephul stressed the need to reinvigorate Weimar Triangle cooperation, while also pointing to recent drone incursions and hybrid attacks in Poland, Estonia, Romania and Denmark.
“These actions are not accidents, but part of a strategy to test our determination,” he said. "We must respond clearly and in unity."
Ukraine's Sybiha warned that Russia is escalating its hybrid warfare against the entire transatlantic community, deliberately violating NATO and EU airspace.
He urged deeper integration of Ukraine’s air defence systems into Europe’s, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
“Ukraine has already proven it can meet NATO’s Article 5 obligations in practice,” Sybiha said, arguing his country is now a "key security provider" in Europe.
The ministers also voiced support for Moldova after Sunday’s parliamentary election, in which the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity won a decisive victory over pro-Russian rivals.
Sikorski said Moldova is under hybrid attack from Moscow and deserves European backing.
Wadephul and Barrot praised Moldovans for voting for democracy and European integration despite Russian interference.
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Source: IAR, PAP, gov.pl