G7 countries to announce plan for long-term military assistance to Ukraine today

That's according to AFP, Ukrinform reports.

The White House said that U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders of the G7 countries – the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan – would join President of Ukraine Vodymyr Zelenskyy in Vilnius to announce the plan.

"It signals a joint long-term commitment to building a powerful defensive… force for Ukraine… This multilateral declaration will send a significant signal to Russia that time is not on its side," lead White House advisor for Eurean affairs Amanda Sloat td reporters.

According to her, the emphasis will be on "long-term investment" in both the military and economic sectors.

At the same time, the details of the prosed assistance were not provided. Sloat said that each country would hd bilateral talks with Ukraine on how to "make this a reality".

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The United States and its allies are currently providing weapons and economic assistance to Ukraine on a temporary basis.

As Ukrinform reported, on the first day of the summit, NATO heads of state and government agreed to cancel the requirement for a Membership Action Plan for Ukraine and said they would invite Ukraine to join the Alliance after "fulfilling the conditions."