Ukrainian President calls on world leaders to step up their contributions to the war effort, warning that Vladimir Putin ‘still has room for further escalation’
on Monday. But, during a news conference on Tuesday, Mr. Trudeau did not directly address the Ukrainian leader’s request for assistance with air defence.
People with Ukrainian flags attend a protest against the war in Ukraine in front of the Chancellery in Berlin on Oct. 11.Mr. Zelensky also asked the G7 countries to do more to curb Russian profits from oil and gas exports, and warned that there was no realistic way to negotiate a settlement with Mr. Putin. “There can be no dialogue with this leader of Russia, who has no future,” he said.
In a statement following the hour-and-a-half session on Tuesday, the G7 vowed to support Ukraine’s defence “as long as it takes,” defying Russian threats to escalate the conflict in a bid to make Western countries back off. The G7 also said it would “never recognize” Russia’s “illegal” annexation of four Ukrainian provinces: Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
At NATO headquarters, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the military alliance will “step up” its help for Ukraine, and that NATO members will “provide more advanced air defence systems” to Kyiv. He also promised to ramp up protection of infrastructure,People shelter inside a subway station during a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on Oct. 1.“President Putin is failing in Ukraine.
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