The G7 foreign ministers, meeting in Tokyo, assured Wednesday that the group would remain “united” in its “firm support” for Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion, “even in the current international situation”, a reference to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
They also affirmed their desire to continue to jointly impose “severe sanctions” on Moscow, to accelerate Ukraine’s reconstruction efforts in the “medium and long terms” and to “work towards a peace process” with other international partners, according to a press release from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ukraine increasingly fears a weariness of its supporters, while its counter-offensive launched in June has produced only very limited results so far and the probability of a long war of attrition increases.