Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, will continue to be a threat for the rest of Europe if he is not stopped in Ukraine, Moldova has warned.
“If the aggressor is not stopped, he will keep going, and the frontline will keep moving closer. Closer to us. Closer to you,” said Maia Sandu, the Moldovan president, as she signed a defence and cooperation agreement with President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
Ms Sandu said that Russia was renewing its efforts to destabilise her country, adding: “Europe must therefore present a united front. Aggression must be repelled by a strong force.”
Her warning of Russian expansionism echoes that of Gabrielius Landsbergis, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, who earlier today stressed that Russia will continue to “intensify instability” in the world and provoke new conflicts if it is not stopped in Ukraine.
”Without deterrence, the Kremlin will continue to expand the zone of instability and foment new conflicts. This war must be won, and won decisively,” he said in a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission chief, in Bucharest.
”This is not only a European war, it is a challenge to the international order, which, although imperfect, aims for our borders and sovereignty to be defined by law, not military power,” he said.
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