Britain demanded on Friday that "more weapons" be delivered to Ukraine in the face of Russia against which it demands new sanctions, France assuring Kyiv of the support of the G7 "until victory" .

“It is very important right now to keep the pressure on Vladimir Putin by supplying more weapons to Ukraine and increasing sanctions” against the Kremlin, British Foreign Minister Liz Truss told a meeting. of the G7 in Wangels, northern Germany.

“G7 unity has been vital during this crisis to protect freedom and democracy and we will continue to work together to achieve this,” she added.

His French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian assured Kyiv of the support of the members of the G7 “in the long term”.

"We will continue to support Ukraine's fight for its sovereignty over time until Ukraine wins," he said.

"We are not at war with Russia, it is Russia that is at war with Ukraine: there is an aggressor and an attacked and we support the attacked," warned the French minister.

The foreign ministers of the G7 (Germany, France, Italy, Canada, United States, Japan and United Kingdom), joined by their Ukrainian counterparts Dmytro Kuleba and Moldovan Nicu Popescu, are meeting until Saturday in Germany to find out how further support Kyiv in its resistance to the Russian invasion.

They will discuss in particular the repercussions of the war on the most disadvantaged countries, particularly in Africa, and the risks of a world food crisis, the head of German diplomacy Annalena Baerbock, whose country holds the presidency of the G7, had indicated the day before.

"There are initiatives that will be taken which will be, I think, initiatives of coherence and cohesion between the different actors to avoid the consequences on the food supply of the Ukrainian crisis", indicated Mr. Le Drian.