As President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to help promote peace between Russia and Ukraine, a European Union official claimed that Russia must take responsibility for its “crimes,” according to a report.
European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection Michael McGrath warned against allowing “impunity”, believing it would be “a historic mistake of enormous proportions”.
“I don’t think history will judge favorably any attempt to wipe the slate clean on Russia’s crimes in Ukraine,” McGrath said. Politics. “They must be held accountable for these crimes and that will be the European Union’s approach in all these discussions.
“If we did that, to allow impunity for these crimes, we would be sowing the seeds of the next round of aggression and the next invasion,” he noted, according to the newspaper. “And I believe that would be a historic mistake of enormous proportions.”
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Left: Russian President Vladimir Putin enters the room shortly after his talks with the Hungarian Prime Minister during his meeting with young scientists at the Kremlin on November 28, 2025 in Moscow, Russia; Right: EU Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection Michael McGrath talks to the media about: “Simpler digital EU rules and new digital wallets to save billions for businesses and boost innovation” at the Berlaymont, the European Commission headquarters on November 19, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. (Left: Contributor/Getty Images; Right: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
“We cannot give up the rights of the victims of Russian aggression and Russian crimes,” McGrath said. “Millions of lives have been executed or destroyed, and people have been forcibly removed, and we have plenty of evidence.”
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President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One en route to Washington, DC, on November 30, 2025. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed his gratitude to the Trump administration.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference with Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish Prime Minister (not pictured), during his official visit to the Spanish government headquarters in Palacio de la Moncloa. (Alberto Gardin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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“I am grateful to the United States, President Trump’s team and the President personally for the time so intensively invested in defining the steps to end the war,” he noted in part of a speech. after on X.
