The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the G7 summit in Hiroshima that military aid to the Ukrainian army has been increased through the creation of a coalition on ammunition deliveries and warplanes. This was announced by the representative of the president of the Council of Europe, reports TASS.
According to him, Michel expressed his strong support for the preparation of a new multi-year macro-financial-economic aid package after 2023. It should be a sign that the European Union (EU) is determined in the long run to fight Ukraine against Russia in the current conflict.
The diplomat stated that the EU fully supports Ukraine’s peace plan initiative and plans to coordinate the next steps with EU member states. The EU also plans to work with G7 partners to hit “every pillar of the Russian economy” to stop the conflict.
In the joint statement made by the G7 countries earlier, He insisted China will pressure the Russian Federation to withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory.
Before that, it was known that the G7 countries were at the summit in Hiroshima. promise Long-term military, financial, humanitarian and diplomatic support to Ukraine to ensure the defeat of Russia during the conflict.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.