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The Russian bombings in Ukraine were on the menu for discussions at the G7, which met urgently by videoconference on Tuesday, October 11. Volodymyr Zelensky joined the conversation, at the start of the meeting, as a guest. The opportunity for the Ukrainian president to advance his views.
Volodymyr Zelensky calls on G7 members to help create a “ aerial shield over his country to protect it from Russian strikes.
The Ukrainian president is convinced of this: Vladimir Putin, at the end of the reign », a encore « means of escalation “. This is what he explains in his video message addressed to the participants of the G7 and published on the website of the Ukrainian presidency.
I ask you to strengthen the general effort to help financially the creation of an air shield for Ukraine (…) millions of people will be grateful to the G7 for such assistance.
Joe Biden, who spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart on Monday evening, has already promised that the United States will provide Ukraine with advanced air defense systems, according to a statement from the White House. Germany must also urgently deliver a long-promised first anti-aircraft defense system. Canada is to send 40 additional engineers to support Poland in its training program for Ukrainian forces.
An eye on Minsk
kyiv is also worried regarding events taking place on the other side of its northern border, in Belarus, following the announcement on Monday of the creation of a joint military force with Russia.
Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Moscow of wanting drag Belarus into war “. He calls for the establishment of an international observation mission on the border between Ukraine and Belarus, ” to monitor the security situation ».
« Ukraine did not plan and does not plan military actions once morest Belarus “, reassures the Ukrainian head of state, while Minsk has formally accused kyiv of fomenting an attack, raising fears of its direct Belarusian intervention in the conflict in Ukraine.
« The announced creation of a joint military force between Moscow and Minsk is the most recent example of the complicity “Reacted the G7 countries in a press release, reiterating their appeal to the authorities in Minsk” to stop allowing the Russian armed forces to use their territory to support Moscow’s war effort.
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” War crime “
Still before the G7, the Ukrainian number one once more called on his Western allies to strengthen sanctions once morest Moscow and military aid to his country, following two days of bombardment.
Volodymyr Zelensky and Dénombre « more than a hundred missile launches in less than two days once morest civilians and civilian infrastructure ».
Russia wants to cause chaos in Ukraine and in the entire democratic world, and therefore uses everything: from missile strikes to the seizure of a nuclear power plant, threats of nuclear catastrophe, sabotage once morest infrastructure in Europe to a deliberate attempt to destroy Ukrainian energy facilities.
The Ukrainian president finally repeated that he did not want to negotiate with Vladimir Putin: “ There can be no dialogue with this Russian leader who has no future », estime M. Zelensky.
The overwhelming international support for Ukraine’s struggle stands in stark opposition to the isolation of Russia on the world stage.
Nobody wants peace more than Ukraine. The @G7 will not waver in our resolve to help them win it.
Full statement: https://t.co/DQnJVtyODb pic.twitter.com/qgXkbG3opK
— Liz Truss (@trussliz) October 11, 2022
In response, G7 leaders pledged ” to demand accountability to Mr. Putin, following the intensive Russian strikes.
« We condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms and recall that indiscriminate attacks once morest innocent civilians constitute a war crime. “, they say in their statement, released following this online meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky.
With agencies
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