Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Ukraine is only taking the first steps after the severe economic crisis caused by war in Donbas, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
European Council President Donald Tusk has explicitly ruled out any EU action over Catalonia, despite the "concerning" situation, according to BBC.
The King of Spain lashed out at Catalan authorities on Tuesday evening after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Catalonia to vent their fury over the violent police crackdown on Sunday's contested independence referendum, according to CNN.
Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski says there is no such a notion as the "Ukraine crisis," there is only the Russian-Ukrainian conflict caused by Russia, according to the Russian business daily Kommersant.
At a recent closed think-tank meeting, a well-informed German official was asked what problem in Europe caused him the most worry. His answer came without hesitation: the Western Balkans, where a new crisis is brewing as Turkey and Russia stir the pot, Wall Street Journal reports.