Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell flew by helicopter to the contact line in Stanytsia Luhanska, according to the head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Matti Maasikas.

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@JosepBorrellF and @DmytroKuleba are leaving Kharkiv Airport's unmistakable Stalinist-architecture VIP-terminal (although I doubt the term was in use when it was built) for the line of contact in Stanytsya Luhanska. pic. twitter. com / riJp2kDc4v.

- Matti Maasikas (@MattiMaasikas) January 5, 2022.

Borrell flew to Ukraine (Kharkiv) on the evening of January 4. In addition to Stanitsa Luganskaya, he plans to visit Kiev.

“With Russia’s growing military buildup, I am here to demonstrate EU support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and to support sustained reform efforts that are key to the sustainability of reforms,” Borrell wrote..

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As you know, Russia has been actively building up troops near the border with Ukraine for several months..

Against the background of talks about the possibility of a full-scale war, the Russian Federation demands from NATO " Talks between the Russian Federation and NATO on these issues are to be held in January. Before that, on January 2, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a conversation with US President Joe Biden. The key topic of the talks was the situation in the east of Ukraine and near its borders on the part of the Russian Federation. The Presidents discussed the steps that Kiev is taking within the Minsk and Normandy formats, and noted the importance of further diplomatic efforts.