No criticism of Russia's nuclear threats: how Ukraine was mentioned in the G20 summit statement.

The G20 countries, in their statement following the summit in Rio de Janeiro, softened their criticism of Russia's war against Ukraine. It contains only a mention of "human suffering."

This was reported by RBK-Ukraine citing Financial Times.

The publication highlighted that this mention indicates that the world's largest economies are signaling a reduction in support for Ukraine. Specifically, the joint declaration has toned down the previously agreed criticism of Russia's war against Ukraine. It only includes a general reference to "human suffering" caused by Moscow's 1000-day invasion.

It is noted that the statement on Ukraine consisted of just one paragraph compared to seven paragraphs in last year's summit statement in New Delhi. Furthermore, this year's communiqué did not condemn Russia's nuclear threats related to Ukraine, nor was there a demand to cease attacks on food and energy infrastructure.

"This is not the language regarding Ukraine that we would like to see," said one G20 diplomat to the publication.

FT reports that some European delegations insisted on stronger wording to condemn Russia due to powerful missile strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine. Ultimately, they backed away from this decision out of concern that it could derail the entire joint statement.

"The formulations are not strong enough... they have nothing about the recent attacks. But no one wanted to go too far, or else there would have been a fight and no statement at all," said one European diplomat in Rio.

G20 Summit in Brazil

Recall that recently the G20 summit took place in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga reminded the day before the G20 summit of the position "nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine".

He noted that Ukraine has a position on achieving a just peace, and Kyiv will not accept any initiative developed without Ukraine.

For more details about the summit, read the RBK-Ukraine article "In the Shadow of Trump. What to Expect from the First G20 Summit After the US Elections."