President Alar Karis is scheduled to visit Kiev on Tuesday and meet with his Ukrainian capital, Volodymyr Zelensky, amid the deteriorating security situation and following Vladimir Putin's announcement on Monday that Russia will 'remain two separate eastern regions of Ukraine, Lugansk and Donetsk'. recognizes freedom.
President Karis said: "The Kremlin's decision to recognize the separatist regions of eastern Ukraine as separate states further exacerbates the current security crisis in Europe, and clearly demonstrates that Moscow has abandoned diplomacy and its instead opted for aggression."
"I'm going to Ukraine at the most difficult time for that country and its people in the face of the aggression of recent years. Ukraine has strong support from Estonia, as well as NATO and the European Union. Estonia never agrees to Russia's illegal Will decide to destroy the integrity of Ukraine. Part of Ukraine, as well as Crimea, "Karis continued.
The Estonian President will also meet Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shyamal while in the Ukrainian capital.
As for further EU sanctions on Russia, Caris said: "The EU has no choice – we must quickly and unanimously impose new and effective sanctions on Russia."
Karis also said that some of the new restrictions will target specific individuals.
Following Tuesday's meeting, the two heads of state are to hold a joint press conference, starting at 11.50am Estonian time, which can be viewed via the Ukrainian presidential social media page here.
Karis said Monday evening that Estonia would never recognize the independence of the two separate republics, not describing the development as a move by Moscow aimed at deepening the conflict and resolving it.
Prime Minister Kaja Kailas said the development was a "serious escalation".
Estonia's Foreign Minister, Eva-Maria Lemets, is also scheduled to visit Kiev from Wednesday to Friday this week.
Britain and the US are both imposing additional sanctions on Russia following Monday's announcement.
After a highly choreographed set of speeches by top Kremlin officials on Monday called on Donetsk and Lugansk to recognize "independence and sovereignty", Putin delivered a short, televised address that said Russia would do the same. was doing so, calling the decision to do so "long overdue". ,