This week, the United States will purchase the new advanced medium- and long-range missile defense systems requested by Ukraine and announce new shipments of ammunition and radar systems. It is working to keep the momentum of the war away from Russia, which has made a small profit in the east.
Ukraine has requested the system to help maintain the fight against Russia. A quick glimpse of the summit meeting with Zelensky, when the leaders sat down, saw the President of Ukraine on the screen in the conference room.
G7 leaders also set a series of new sanctions, including the Russian defense supply chain, Russians responsible for human rights violations and war crimes, private military companies, and new visa restrictions on 500 employees. We will announce the measures. The United States also announces $ 7.5 billion in new funding to Ukraine. This is part of a broad commitment from G7 countries to help Ukraine make up for budget shortages.
There are other important topics on the agenda. This includes new efforts to counter China's infrastructure investment in developing countries that have spread Beijing's influence around the world.
But how long the Western Front can continue to unite with Russia is an urgent issue for these negotiations. Rising energy costs, fears of global food shortages, and the specific inevitability of war fatigue have urged discussions about where the conflict will go next.
On Sunday, when he met his host, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Biden sought to emphasize the importance of sticking together.
"From the beginning, Putin expected NATO and the G7 to split," he said. "But we haven't, and we're not going to."
Zelensky, who will also be working on this week's NATO summit in Madrid, has called the Russian invaders. Pressured the West to accelerate sanctions on Moscow and heavy artillery to defeat.
As the fighting moves east, his solicitation is more after a Sunday missile attack on two residential buildings in Kieu, the capital of Ukraine, which has enjoyed relatively calm conditions for the past few weeks. It will be urgent. Biden accused the attack of "barbarism."
Still, it is not yet known if more leaders will be willing to apply new sanctions to Russia. Soaring oil prices mean Russia is getting more income from energy exports, despite the bans in Europe and the United States.
Western leaders gathered at the G7 decided to limit the price of Russian oil, the latest step to punish Moscow, while trying to mitigate the economic impact of the Ukrainian war. Officials say. It is not yet known how, when and how much Russia's oil prices will reach the cap. Authorities said the exact mechanism for achieving the cap has not yet been elucidated.
It is not yet known how, when and how much the price of Russian oil will reach its cap. Authorities said the exact mechanism for achieving the cap has not yet been elucidated.
But leaders will instruct the team to work urgently to find a way to limit the price at which Russia can sell oil, robbing Moscow of a major source of income. ..
"The goal here is to starve Russia, starve Putin's main source of funding, and push down Russia's oil prices to mitigate the effects of Putin's war," the U.S. government said. A senior official said. ..
Russia's oil revenues are actually increasing despite a global import ban due to soaring oil prices. Leaders want to take advantage of their collective leverage to reduce the income Russia receives from countries that are still buying oil.
To be precise, it is not yet known how it will be done, but authorities have suggested that G7 countries could help apply caps through oil transport networks.
Soaring gas prices in US and European consumers are putting pressure on leaders to find ways to relieve pain.
"This is what America has historically done and must do, and it is a step up for peace, freedom and democracy," Johnson says. rice field. "And if Putin stops it and just annexes it to conquer a significant portion of a free and independent sovereign state, that's what he's trying to do. And the impact on the world is absolutely devastating.
The last leader to arrive at the round meeting table, Johnson asked if he would keep his suit jacket on.
"Wearing a jacket" he asked before joking about how leaders should look tough in discussions.
"We have to show that we are tougher than Putin," he said.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laughed at the leaders and suggested "half-naked horseback riding."