The leaders of the G7 signed today a statement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskycommitting to ensure Ukraine’s long-term security and to coordinate with Kiev before any future attack by Russia to determine “the right steps”.

So it says in the text of the statement made public after the event to sign it, held on the margins of the NATO summit that concludes today in Vilnius after two days of meetings.

The person responsible for making the announcement of the statement was the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, who appeared on stage along with Zelensky and the G7 leaders, as well as the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen , and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.

“The G7 will continue to support Ukraine. Our solidarity will never waver,” Kishida promised, in an event of great symbolic content and full of Ukrainian flags, as well as those of the countries of the Group of Seven and the European Union (EU). The declaration is open to other countries and some of them, such as Spain, have already announced their intention to join.

In practice, the declaration serves to launch a series of bilateral negotiations between the members of the G7 (the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Canada) and Ukraine to increase military cooperation .

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In his remarks at the event, Zelensky assured that the G7 statement provides “security guarantees” to Ukrainebut the text only mentions “security compromises” in several areas.

Specifically, the G7’s assistance will take several forms: from supplying weapons and training for the Ukrainian armed forces to cybersecurity cooperation, an increase in intelligence information sharing and measures to increase arms production in Ukraine, the text said. .

The statement further states that in the event of a future armed attack by Russia, the G7 countries intend “immediately” to conduct necessary consultations with Ukraine to determine “appropriate steps”.

In general terms, the purpose of the statement is to prevent future attacks and provide Ukraine with some security until it can complete its process of joining the Atlantic Alliance, something that will only be possible once the war with Russia is over.

Even before the announcement was formalized, the Kremlin believed that the statement signed by the G7 to provide security guarantees to Ukraine “attacked” Russia’s security.