The G7 members reiterate " their determination to continue to support Ukraine in exercising its right to defend itself from the invasion of Russia, including by providing military and defense assistance ". This can be read in the final document of the meeting of ministers at the Munich Security Conference , the first under Japanese presidency which was also attended by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

The G7 also states that it highlights “the concerted efforts of partners in providing energy assistance to mitigate the effects of Russia's brutal attacks on civilians and critical infrastructure. Russia's irresponsible nuclear rhetoric is unacceptable and any use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or related materials would have serious consequences .'

The countries also " condemn Russia's seizure and militarization of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and call for the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces and personnel , reiterating their full support for the IAEA's efforts to address security concerns." nuclear power in Ukraine".

“ We have to press for Russia's imperialist aims to fail and for Ukraine to win ,” Ursula von der Leyen said in her speech.

The president of the EU Commission rebuked the member countries on the supply of weapons: «We must ensure that Ukraine has standard ammunition, it cannot be that we have to wait months or years to send howitzers. We can group the European military industry and try to understand what is needed. We have to do the same thing we did during the pandemic , when we asked the pharmaceutical industry what it needed."

NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg also focuses on sending arms : "Ukraine must be given what it needs to win the war and prevail as a sovereign and independent nation in Europe".

Yesterday , British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak proposed a change to NATO's Atlantic Treaty to guarantee Kiev "long-term" support against any future new Russian aggression. "We have to show that we will stand by their side, willing and able to help them defend their country again and again," he said, before appealing to allied countries to "double" their military support to Ukraine.

The Finnish premier Sanna Marin also spoke at the Conference: "Let's not change our minds, we want to join NATO together with Sweden, for us joining NATO is an act of peace ". Then he spoke of investments in defense: «We already invest 2% of GDP because we border with Russia, we have aggressive neighbours. Now we want to increase the quota to be prepared».

(Unioneonline/L)

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