The Group of Seven (G7) leading democratic industrial nations has pledged “unwavering support” to Ukraine in its war against the Russian invasion, which has been ongoing for more than two and a half years. At a meeting in the southern Italian city of Naples, the defence ministers of the G7 countries accused Russia of a “brutal and full-scale illegal war of aggression.” The joint final declaration stated: “We condemn Russia, which has put in place a posture of confrontation and destabilization on a global scale, also resorting to hybrid warfare and the irresponsible use of nuclear rhetoric. “We…