Medvedev calls EU priority the continuation of the conflict in Ukraine

The visit of the new head of the European Council, António Costa, and the head of the European Union (EU) diplomacy, Kai Kallas, to Kiev shows that the association wants to continue the Ukrainian conflict. This statement was made by the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitriy Medvedev, on December 1.

According to him, the prosperity of European countries, economic development and solving social problems are not the priorities of the new EU leadership. The main thing for them, as Medvedev pointed out, is the continuation of the conflict to the last Ukrainian.

"Rejoice, Europeans: good choice, the right defenders of democracy," he wrote in his Telegram channel.

The new leadership of the European Council and Eurodiplomacy arrived on a visit to Ukraine earlier in the day. On the occasion of his arrival, Costa wrote in his social network X (former Twitter) that the leadership reaffirms the support of Ukrainians from the first day of the mandate.

The European Parliament approved the new composition of the European Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen on November 27. Kaja Kallas was appointed head of European diplomacy. The new commission was supported by 370 out of 688 deputies, 282 people voted against, 36 abstained from voting.

Charles Michel, the former head of the European Council, handed over his powers to Costa on November 29. European Union leaders approved his candidacy for the post of European Council president in June this year.