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Canada and the United States coordinate large sanctions on Russia if it invades Ukraine
Antony Blinken and Melanie Joly had a telephone conversation in which they set their interests on the danger that Russia represents for Ukraine.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly have discussed applying "massive consequences and severe economic costs" to Russia if it continues to encroach on Ukraine.
Blinken and Joly had a telephone conversation in which they expressed concern about the danger Russia poses to Ukraine, and discussed ways to persuade Vladimir Putin's administration to choose the path of diplomacy, the State Department said in a statement release.
Blinken also emphasized in his call with Joly the "unwavering" support of the United States for Ukraine's independence.
The US ambassador to Ukraine reported that promised US military aid arrived in Ukraine on Saturday, in support of the conflict taking place on the border.
The shipment consists of more than 200 million dollars in military equipment for the Ukrainian armed forces, all with the authorization of the President of the United States, Joe Biden.
Blinken and Serguei Lavrov held an extensive meeting on Friday in Geneva, Switzerland, with the intention of lowering tensions and hostility on the Ukrainian border.
Sanctions for Russia
The European Union (EU) will be ready to quickly apply sanctions to Russia in case it attacks Ukraine again, as it did earlier in 2014 with restrictive economic measures.
A senior European Union official stressed that there would be no impediments to applying such sanctions, even more severe than those applied in 2014 to Russia.
He also expresses his concern about Russia's attitude, noting that this conflict is a huge problem for European security, even worse than the Cold War.
When Russia deployed military action to illegally annex Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014, the European Union took no more than 72 hours to announce economic sanctions against Russia.
Currently, the European Union maintains financial sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine that are renewed every 6 months, a decision taken by European leaders at the European summits in June and December.
The sources assure that the sanctions would not be less than those issued in 2014.
However, they pointed out that the Council of foreign ministers of the European Union, at its meeting scheduled for Monday in Brussels, is not scheduled to discuss the sanctions to be applied to Russia.
Due to the military reinforcement that Russia has maintained over Ukraine since last fall, NATO, the United States and the European Union have warned Russia that if an attack on Ukraine is perpetuated it would have great international consequences and high economic cost.
