Foreign ministers of EU countries that participated in the informal meeting of the "Group of Friends of Ukraine" supported the continuation of sanctions against Russia. This was stated in Brussels, Ukrainian foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin. He said that the heads of the diplomatic offices of EU countries discussed the situation in the Donbass in the context of the implementation of the Minsk agreements and escalation of security situation in eastern Ukraine. Pavlo Klimkin said that the talk was, in particular, about how the country should respond to Russia's recent actions in the occupied Donbas, including the recent deaths of civilians.