Brussels has rarely experienced such turmoil. From Thursday morning, a few hours after the start of the Russian bombardments in Ukraine, declarations, and meetings followed one another both in the district of the institutions of the European Union in the city center and at the new NATO headquarters, off-center in the municipality of Evere.
“We are going to present a package of massive and targeted sanctions, which will target strategic sectors of the Russian economy by blocking their access to key technologies and markets”, announced at 8.30 a.m. the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen. . Present at his side, the head of European diplomacy evokes “among the darkest hours for Europe since the Second World War”. “A nuclear power has attacked a neighboring country and is threatening those who come to the rescue with reprisals,” denounces Josep Borrell.
the story of a crazy day of fighting in Brussels
