The price of security guarantees from the Group of Seven (G7) is a Ukraine cleared of Ukrainians by Western weapons, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.

Earlier, Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov expressed concern over the G7’s security guarantees, saying that “Kiev will not believe in them until it finds out what their price is.”

“The price is not a secret: a Ukraine cleared of Ukrainians by Western weapons but with enough population left to serve NATO troops. There is no need to deport anyone to Western Europe any more because people have moved there themselves,” the diplomat wrote on Telegram.

The countries of the Group of Seven (G7) will continue to exert economic and political pressure on Russia in connection with its special operation in Ukraine.

This is stated in the G7 declaration on the general principles of long-term security guarantees for Ukraine, adopted on Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius.

“This includes working to ensure that the costs to Russia <…> continue to rise, including through sanctions and export controls, as well as supporting efforts to hold to account those responsible <…> including those involving attacks on critical civilian infrastructure,” the document says.

Source: Agencies