Von der Leyen guarantees Ukraine more support, including ammunition and defense investments. In turn, the foreign ministers of the G7 (Canada, United States, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy and Japan) have also expressed “their full support for kyiv for as long as necessary.”
He Government of Ukraine, headed by its president, Volodymyr Zelenskythanked the EU for its help to the international delegation that visited kyiv this Friday and Saturday, on the occasion of the second year of war in the country.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der LeyenFor its part, it has praised Ukraine’s resilience during the war, and has guaranteed more EU support, including munitions and investments in the defense industry, for “as long as necessary.”
“Today we are here to tell you that Europe will remain by your side for as long as necessary, with more financial support, more ammunition, more training for your troops, more air defenses and more investments in the defense industry of Europe and Ukraine,” Von der Leyen said at a ceremony in memory of the fallen Ukrainian soldiers at the Antonov airport in Gostomel, outside Kiev, and in honor of those who expelled Russian troops from the capital region.
She has been confident that Ukraine will continue to “surprise us all until the last Russian soldier is finally expelled.”
For his part, the Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander de Croo, has stressed that the Russian defeat at Gostomel was “the beginning of the end of Russia’s attempt to capture kyiv.”
“The war unleashed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has had transformative effects not only in Ukraine but throughout Europe and even globally. Russia has accumulated a strategic defeat,” said De Croo, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Council. of the EU, previously in the hands of Spain.
He added that, “after the strategic defeat (of Russia), NATO has risen to the occasion and has once again become the centerpiece of collective security here in Europe. Finland and very soon also Sweden will greatly reinforce NATO’s eastern flank.
G7 Foreign Ministers also express their support for Ukraine to achieve a just peace
The G7 Foreign Ministers also expressed this Saturday “their full support for kyiv to achieve a just and lasting peace for as long as necessary.”
The Foreign Ministry of Italy, the current president of the G7, has posted a video on its networks in which the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine, Canada, the United States, France, Great Britain, Germany and Japan appear, one after another, confirming their countries’ support for Ukraine.
The G7 will hold a telematic meeting this afternoon at the Saint Sophia Cathedral, in which Zelensky is also expected to participate along with the leaders of the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Canada, and once finished, it will be adopted. a joint statement.
Source: Eitb
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