Zelensky G7: “We are counting on you for a common victory”
- February 24, 2024
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President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, He addressed the G7 from Kyiv, accompanied by the leaders of Italy, Canada and the European Union, to remind that his country has
President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, He addressed the G7 from Kyiv, accompanied by the leaders of Italy, Canada and the European Union, to remind that his country has the help of democratic powers to Protect your people and defeat Russia in the warwhich turns two this Saturday.
“Remember that imperial ambitions and revanchism ends only with the defeat of those who are infected by them, and that only this result will lead us to true security and democratic progress,” Zelensky said, surrounded by prime ministers Italy and CanadaGeorgia Meloni and Justin Trudeau, as well as the President of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen.
The head of the Ukrainian state added, addressing all G7 leaders (those who were not present in Kyiv followed the speech remotely), that they are aware of what Ukraine needs to protect itself from airstrikes, strengthen its ground forces and fight Russia at sea as well.
“We’re counting on you”– Zelensky said, confirming his confidence in the “common victory” of the allied countries over Russia. “We often hear that history is watching us, and this is absolutely true,” the Ukrainian leader emphasized about the historical importance of the moment his country is experiencing.
Meloni, Trudeau and von der Leyen They visited Kyiv today to mark the second anniversary of the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine to reaffirm the continuity of their assistance to the attacked country.
Photo: Reuters
Promises to Ukraine
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised that Europe will support Ukraine until it “free at last” arrived in Kyiv along with three other Western leaders to show solidarity on the second anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion.
“More than ever, we strongly support Ukraine. Financially, economically, militarily and morally. Until the country is finally free,” wrote X von der Leyen, who arrived with the others on an overnight train from neighboring Poland, on social media.
The leaders visited Gostomel airport, the site of heavy fighting early in the invasion as Russia tried to send paratroopers to take the capital Kyiv, a few kilometers away.
“We are here today to thank these men and women who, on February 24, two years ago, fought rather than ran,” Meloni said. “This place is a symbol of Moscow’s failuressymbol of Ukrainian pride.”
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky hugged Western leaders and made a televised speech against the backdrop of crashed planes.
According to EFE and Reuters
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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