“It is clear that we will all continue to provide support to Ukraine – financial as well as military… We have clear principles that everyone agreed on: Ukraine will continue to receive our solidarity and support,” TASS quoted him as saying.

It is noted that the talks were attended by US and French leaders Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron, British and Italian Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Mario Draghi, as well as European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Scholz also said that the NATO countries continue to adhere to the position that the alliance should not become a party to the hostilities in Ukraine.