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.
However, 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. And the high gas prices of consumers in the US and Europe 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 absolute. It's devastating. "
The last leader to arrive at the round meeting table, Johnson asked if he would keep his suit jacket on.
"What's your 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."