{"id":243505,"date":"2025-02-21T04:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/u-s-objects-to-calling-russia-aggressor-in-g7-statement-on-ukraine-invasion\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T04:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:06:05","slug":"u-s-objects-to-calling-russia-aggressor-in-g7-statement-on-ukraine-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/u-s-objects-to-calling-russia-aggressor-in-g7-statement-on-ukraine-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Objects to Calling Russia \u2018Aggressor\u2019 in G7 Statement on Ukraine Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United States is opposing calling Russia the aggressor in the war with Ukraine in a Group of 7 statement being drafted to mark the third anniversary of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion, three senior officials from countries involved said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The American objections to the statement come after President Trump earlier this week blamed Ukraine<\/a> for starting the war, which in fact began with Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine.<\/p>\n

One senior official from a Group of 7 country said that Canada had circulated the first draft of the statement to the other six member countries. That version, the official said, used language that retained the pro-Ukraine tone the group of allies adopted after the full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022.<\/p>\n

The U.S. side went through that first draft this week and removed all references that could be interpreted as being pro-Ukraine, the official said. The result, the official added, was a neutral draft statement that made no references to Russia as the aggressor in the conflict, nor to Ukraine as the victim of the invasion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n