Biden To Discuss Ukraine With G7 Leaders
Washington, Feb 21: US President Joe Biden plans to discuss the Ukraine crisis with G7 leaders during a virtual meeting on Thursday, the White House informs. “The President will participate in a virtual G7 Leaders’ meeting to discuss the ongoing situation with regard to Russia and Ukraine, and priorities of the German G7 Presidency year,” the White House schedule for February 24 says. The G7 Foreign Ministers said on Saturday that the G7 Group is ready for dialogue with Russia on European security, trust-building and arms control.
The G7 also called on Russia to use its influence on the self-proclaimed republics in Ukraine’s southeast (Donbas) to urge them to de-escalate. The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) announced the evacuation of their citizens to Russia’s Rostov Region on Friday amid fears of an attack by Kiev forces. DPR head Denis Pushilin said on Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would soon order Kiev forces to launch an offensive against Donbas.
