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European Council President Charles Michel warns that the coming weeks could decide the course of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He makes the statement following a meeting between European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "The next few weeks and months will probably be decisive. This is not the time to tremble, this is the time to be lucid and this is the time to deploy maximum support," Michel says. SOUNDBITE
The EU's foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell says Russia's blockade of Ukrainian ports is "an issue of life and death" as it threatens grain supplies to tens of thousands of people vulnerable to starvation. SOUNDBITE
Speaking ahead of the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warns that Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine could last "for many months, for even years". SOUNDBITE
Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, warns China that supporting "Russia's ability to wage war" in Ukraine "would lead to a major reputational reputational damage". SOUNDBITE
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet tells the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that Russia's widespread and indiscriminate attacks in populated areas of Ukraine are of "immense concern", and warns that they could amount to "war crimes". SOUNDBITE
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warns Moscow not to use the alleged drone attack that it said targeted the Kremlin to escalate its war in Ukraine. "We call on Russia not to use this alleged attack as an excuse to continue the escalation of the war," Borrell tells journalists in Brussels as he attends an EU ministers meeting. SOUNDBITE
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