The world’s strongest leaders, including the President of the U.S., have already told Russia that this war must end. However, Putin wants to keep fighting. That is why he must face conditions that make it impossible for him to keep this war going. We are creating those conditions through our long-range strikes on Russian military and oil facilities. Our medium-range sanctions are also having an effect. They make it harder for Russia to occupy our territory, our lives, and we are doing everything we can to make the occupation unbearable for the occupier. I want to thank everyone who supports our efforts. And I urge you to continue this support through new European Union sanctions. From a speech at the opening ceremony of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the EU. (2/3)