Ukraine Russia Conflict: G7 unity ‘vital’ to protect ‘freedom and democracy,’ says Truss

Foreign secretary Liz Truss has said G7 unity has been “vital” during the Ukraine war crisis “to protect freedom and democracy” and says the alliance will continue to work together. Foreign ministers of the G7 nations meet on Friday in Germany to hold talks on food security concerns and the situation in Moldova due to the Russian war. The meeting will include leaders from top countries like Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Japan the United States and the European Union. 

Meanwhile, Russia on 24th February launched its invasion of Ukraine. And, according to the latest updates, Ukraine claimed it had damaged and set on fire a Russian navy logistics ship in the Black Sea. The Vsevolod Bobrov was near Snake Island, said Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesman for the Odesa regional military administration in southern Ukraine. Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, said “very difficult negotiations” were ongoing to evacuate 38 seriously wounded fighters from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, in exchange for Russian prisoners of war. However, The UN’s human rights council has passed a resolution to investigate alleged abuses by Russian troops in parts of Ukraine formerly under their control, with a view to holding those responsible to account.