An emergency summit. Russian bombardments on a scale unmatched in months on kyiv and other cities in Ukraine will be at the center of discussions among G7 members on Tuesday, during a emergency virtual meeting scheduled for midday, Tuesday, October 11. 19 people were killed and 105 injured in Russian strikes on Monday, according to a new report announced Tuesday by the authorities.
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Beyond a display of solidarity, what can the seven powers of Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom offer? British Prime Minister Liz Truss must call not to “weaken one iota“. According to London, Liz Truss, head of government for a month, should say that “no one wants peace more than Ukraine. And for our part, we must not waver one iota in our determination to help him win.“.
Like London, several members of the G7 have already announced their desire to increase their aid to Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz thus promised the assistance of his country to rebuild the damaged civil infrastructures, in particular those which supply electricity and heating, precisely targeted Monday, October 10 by Russian strikes.
For his part, Emmanuel Macron wants to increase military assistance from France and said he was ready to meet the needs expressed by kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to take part in this meeting. The head of state also received a phone call from Washington on Monday evening. The United States will continue toprovide Ukraine with what it needs including advanced systems” Anti-aircraft defense, promised Joe Biden, who was already planning to send two surface-to-air missile batteries to kyiv in the coming weeks or months, and six more in the longer term. Since the start of the conflict, the Congress’ budget for kyiv’s war effort has exceeded $60 billion, a dynamic that could change depending on the results of the midterm elections in less than a month.
The option of new sanctions is also on the table of this G7, even if the Russian economy is already largely in quarantine, and this, in practically all areas: energy, transport, finance or even the technology sector. Finally, the blacklist of Russian personalities and entities subject to sanctions could be further extended. Since the start of the conflict, 1,206 people and 108 entities close to the Kremlin have already been subject to an asset freeze and a ban on entering European Union territory.