The world’s seven most industrialized countries (G7) pledged this Wednesday to provide “long-term” military support to Kiev, with the aim of countering the current Russian offensive and deterring Moscow from any future attack on Ukraine.
“We will work with Ukraine on the basis of specific and long-term bilateral security commitments to ensure a lasting force capable of defending Ukraine today and deterring Russian aggression in the future,” the G7 statement said. -members. Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, Italy and Japan).
“In the event of a future armed attack by Russia (…), we intend (…) to provide Ukraine with prompt assistance in terms of security, modern military equipment in land, sea and air areas, as well as aid economy, and the imposition of economic and other costs on Russia,” added the document, which was drafted on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, which ends today in the Lithuanian capital.
Earlier, Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, had already welcomed the announcement of this commitment, although he stressed that it cannot replace his country’s accession to NATO.
The Ukrainian leader also referred to his determination to do everything possible for this accession to take place “after the war”.
The G7 decision has already been commented on by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who warned that providing security guarantees to Ukraine “endangers Russia’s security”.
“By giving security guarantees to Ukraine, [o G7] undermines Russia’s security,” Peskov warned.
The Russian military offensive on Ukrainian territory, launched on February 24 last year, plunged Europe into what is considered the most serious security crisis since World War II (1939-1945).
Source: DN
