Ukraine considers it vital to send new anti-aircraft systems that repel the invaders’ bombardments
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has demanded greater efforts from the G7 countries and “do everything possible” to end the war between his country and Russia this year. The warlike conflict could last a long time if it continues beyond next winter, he warned in a videoconference communication to the heads of state and government of the group of the richest countries gathered in Elmau, in the German Alps. In order to continue defending himself against Russian aggression, Zelensky demanded the dispatch of a greater number of anti-aircraft systems to repel missile bombardments and attack the invading troops in turn.
The Ukrainian leader also called on the G7 – the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy and Japan – massive financial aid for the reconstruction of his country when the war ends. He also asked the western industrialized countries for more sanctions against the Moscow regime to increase the pressure and help to be able to export the accumulated cereals that the inhabitants of numerous Third World States need to survive. Even before the meeting with Zelensky, the G7 countries had announced more punishments, which will be effective soon.
As soon as the conversation with the G7 leaders ended, the host of the meeting and Federal Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, announced a new hardening of the West towards Russia. “We are going to increase the pressure on Putin even more,” Scholz said in a message via Twitter, in which he stressed that “this war must end.” The head of the Government of Berlin assured that the G7 countries are “decided on the side of Ukraine”, a country that they will continue to support in this armed conflict for as long as necessary, “although for that we will have to make tough, but necessary decisions” .
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has likened supporting Ukraine in the war against Russia to fighting Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. The price of freedom is worth paying, Johnson told reporters on the sidelines of the summit. He explained that it had taken democracies a long time in the mid-20th century to respond to tyranny and aggression, and that a heavy price had been paid then. “But with the defeat of the dictators, especially Nazi Germany, came many decades of stability and a world order based on an international system of rules,” said the ‘premier’, who also commented that “it is worth defending, since in the long run it brings well-being ยป.
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