German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbok assured Ukraine at the Forum 2000 conference in Prague that Berlin will not lift sanctions, even if protests against the increase in energy prices intensify, Kyiv Independent reports.

“We support you and we will support you as long as it takes, regardless of what the German electorate thinks,” Burbock said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba reported on Wednesday about a meeting in Prague with his German counterpart Annalena Berbok. The two diplomats discussed sanctions against Russia and the supply of weapons to Ukraine.

“I met in Prague with my colleague Annalena Burbok. We discussed the eighth package of EU sanctions, visa restrictions for Russians, new arms deliveries to Ukraine,” Kuleba wrote on Twitter.

Also, during the discussion, the ministers paid special attention to the energy crisis in Europe. Kuleba noted that Russia’s actions should receive a tough response from the EU.

“Russia’s energy blackmail is part of Putin’s war against Europe, and Europe’s response to it must be strong and united,” added the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Dmytro Kuleba is on a working visit to Prague, where a meeting of foreign ministers of European countries is taking place.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Wednesday called on the European Union to ban all Russian state TV channels and “propagandists”, referring to employees of Russian state media, writes Reuters.

He stated this while speaking via video link at Forum 2000 in Prague.

“No Russian propagandist should remain on the territory of the EU. No Russian state TV channel should be able to continue working on the territory of the EU,” Zelenskyy said through a translator.

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