European foreign affairs chairs from eight countries signed a statement rebuking Trump's Russia stance and calling to 'end policy of appeasement.',

'Negotiating with the war criminal Putin is evidently futile,' a statement signed by officials from eight countries said

The chairmen of the parliamentary foreign affairs committees of France, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine issued a joint statement to US President Donald Trump and Congress.

The statement calls on the United States to demonstrate true leadership in countering Russian aggression and condemns a 'policy of appeasement'.

The authors emphasized that there can be no compromise or external pressure on Ukraine regarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Specific calls in the document include the immediate confiscation of frozen Russian assets in favor of Ukraine, prompt accession to NATO for Ukraine, and acceleration of integration into the EU.

The statement was signed by Oleksandr Merezhko, chairman of the Ukrainian parliamentary committee on foreign affairs.