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The European Union is under assault from Russia on multiple fronts and must unite behind new economic sanctions, Baltic and central European leaders said on Thursday, with Lithuania citing a risk of possible Russian military strikes from Belarus. The warnings at an EU summit were some of the most direct in recent weeks as the United States and its NATO allies seek to deter any possible Russian attack on Ukraine and reduce Moscow's margin for surprise. Many NATO allies are also EU member states. Amid the heightened tensions, France 24 is joined by Anastasiya Shapochkina, Lecturer at Sciences Po and President at Eastern Circles Think Tank. Ms. Shapochkina warns that the EU "is negotiating from a weak point in this situation." From a certain standpoint, the western position was "reinforced" when US President Joe Biden had consulted with his European allies prior to his bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, explains Ms. Shapochkina. "However, it has also erased Europe from the negotiations entirely," something that Russia has long greatly desired. Ms. Shapochkina sees this paradigm shift as a new "Cold War configuration, whereby two great powers, the US and Russia, negotiate about the fate of Europe among each other."
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