US EditionEuropean leaders vow support for Ukraine as war grinds into fifth year
G7 leaders pledged over €500 million for Ukraine's energy support amid ongoing war and partner divisions including Hungary's veto of sanctions and loan delays.
- On February 24, 2026, European leaders vowed not to abandon Ukraine as the war entered its fifth year, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen travelling to Kyiv for anniversary events.
- Russia launched the invasion on 24 February 2022, and four years on, hundreds of thousands have died, nearly 6 million people have fled, and more than 3 million are displaced within eastern Ukraine.
- The G7 announced it has sent financial aid and "critical equipment" like generators in recent weeks, while since January donors pledged over half a billion euros to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund and Britain sanctioned Transneft among nearly 300 targets on Tuesday.
- Divisions surfaced as Hungary vetoed EU measures and stalled a 90 billion euro loan, with von der Leyen stating the EU would deliver it 'one way or the other' amid Druzhba pipeline disputes.
- Brussels plans to submit a proposal on April 15 to ban Russian oil imports, G7 leaders support the Coalition of the Willing's security guarantees, and the United States mediates talks this year in Geneva and Abu Dhabi despite territorial disputes.
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The leaders of the G7 countries, including US President Donald Trump, said "the unaccompanied support for Ukraine in the defence of its territorial integrity and its right to exist", in a statement published in March, on the occasion of the fourth...
G7, Europe restate Ukraine backing as Russia's war enters fifth year
Leaders of the G7 on Tuesday reaffirmed their unwavering support for Ukraine in defending its independence, territorial integrity, and sovereignty amid Russia’s war, as it enters its fifth year. They also expressed continued support for President Donald Trump’s efforts to achieve the objectives of the peace process, involving direct discussions between the warring parties. The G7 noted the Coalition of the Willing’s provision of reliable securit…
The anniversary of the beginning of the conflict takes place one day after Hungary has imposed new EU sanctions against Russia and a 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine.
European leaders vow support for Ukraine as war grinds into fifth year
European leaders vowed on Tuesday not to abandon Ukraine as Russia's invasion entered a fifth year, though divisions among Kyiv's partners overshadowed commemorations of the outbreak of the continent's largest war in decades.
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