The members of the G-7, the leaders of the seven largest advanced economies run by democratic governments, and the members of the Bucharest Nine, along with North Macedonia and Montenegro, condemned the Kremlin’s attacks on Ukraine’s civilian population, the Washington Post reports.
Comprised of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, the G-7 voiced support for Ukraine’s democratically-elected government and its troops, saying in a statement, “We are undeterred and steadfast in our commitment to providing the support Ukraine needs to uphold its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“We, the Presidents of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia condemn the mass bombardments of Ukrainian cities recently carried out by Russia, which constitute war crimes under international law,” the Bucharest Nine, joined by North Macedonia and Montenegro, declared in a statement of their own. The Bucharest Nine are all Eastern European nations that were either former members of the Soviet Union or Soviet client states, all now within striking distance of Putin’s government in Moscow.