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KYIV — Western nations promised unwavering support for Ukraine in the war with Russia on Monday. Eastern Luhansk Oblast.
Leaders of seven major democratic groups, met at a summit meeting at an alpine resort in Germany, maintained sanctions against Moscow as long as necessary and the international economy against Russian President Vladimir. He said it would increase target and political pressure. Putin administration and its ally Belarus.
The United States said it would complete a weapons package for Ukraine, including a long-range defense system. This is the weapon specifically requested by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky when he addressed his leader on a video link. From Kyiv on Monday.
Despite support from allies, Ukraine endured another difficult day on the front after losing the city of Severodonetsk over the weekend after weeks of artillery and street combat.
Russian artillery was bombarding Lysychans'k across the Donets River from the now abandoned Siverskyi Donetsk. Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai said Lysychans'k was "catastrophically" damaged. He urged civilians to evacuate urgently.
"The situation in the city is very difficult," Guydai said.
The Ukrainian Army General Staff said the Russians were trying to separate Lysychansik from the south. Russian fighters also struck near the city, the staff said in its daily update.
Russia reported on Sunday that the troops were already in Lysychans'k, but Reuters could not confirm.
The province of Donetsk, adjacent to Luhansk, constitutes the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, the industrial center of Ukraine. The Kremlin became a major target for the Kremlin because Russian troops were unable to occupy the capital Kyiv in the early stages of the war. This is currently the 5th month.
Russian troops also control southern territory, including the port city of Mariupol. Mariupol was abandoned by a long siege.
On Sunday, a Russian missile attacked Kieu for the first time in a few weeks.
"As long as it takes"
In a speech to G7 leaders, Zelensky sought more weapons, US and European officials said. He also sought support for exporting grain from Ukraine and further sanctions on Russia.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Washington is in the process of completing a package that includes a long-range air defense system and meets the needs of Ukrainian shells.
Earlier, Washington sources told Reuters that the United States is likely to announce the purchase of advanced medium- to long-range surface-to-air missile defense for Ukraine this week.
G7 countries have pledged to increase Russia's fiscal pressure with new sanctions, including a proposal to limit Russia's oil prices. US officials said the oil price cap was "close".
"We will continue to provide financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support and confront Ukraine as much as necessary," the G7 statement said.
G7 countries have promised or are ready to give Ukraine up to $ 29.5 billion. The
announcement was made when the White House stated that Russia had defaulted on foreign government bonds for the first time in a century-a claim rejected by Moscow.
Sanctions have effectively separated Russia from the world's financial system, but the war has created difficulties for countries far beyond Russia's borders, reducing food and energy supplies and reducing the global economy. Had a blow to.
These include Ukraine's grain exports, which are currently trapped in ports, typically feeding millions of people in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere.
On February 24, Russia sent the Kremlin to Ukraine, which it calls a "special military operation" to drive the far-right nationalists out of the country and ensure Russia's security. Invaded.
Kieu and the West killed thousands, fled millions from Ukraine, and dismissed it as an unfounded excuse for the war of aggression wasted on the city.
At the summit, U.S. President Joe Biden emphasized the need for unity in fear of disagreements in the European capital on how best to handle the situation. did.
"From the beginning, Putin expected NATO and the G7 to split, but we didn't, and we don't intend to," Biden said.
(Report by Reuters bureaux, Written by Angus MacSwan, Edited by Frank Jack Daniel)