Ukraine will “sit down” at the G7 table. Volodymyr Zelensky is due to speak by videoconference in the middle of the morning, Monday June 27, before the leaders gathered in the bucolic setting of the castle of Elmau (Germany), at the foot of the Bavarian Alps. Lhe Ukrainian president should take advantage of this to demand more weapons for his country and a further strengthening of Western sanctions against Moscow. Follow our live.
Put pressure on the leaders of the G7. The Ukrainian president, who will also take part in the NATO summit in Madrid from Tuesday, wants to put pressure on the seven leaders to obtain more support from them. “The leaders of the G7 (…) have sufficient joint potential to stop Russian aggressionhe said in a video published on Sunday evening. But that will only be possible when we get everything we ask for and in a timely manner: and the weapons, and the financial support, and the sanctions against Russia.”
kyiv hit by Russian strikes. For the first time in weeks, the Ukrainian capital was struck Sunday morning by Russian missiles. The strikes hit a residential complex near the center of kyiv. A 37-year-old man was killed, authorities said. Moscow says for its part that it has targeted a missile production plant.
Boris Johnson opposed to a negotiated solution ‘now’. The British Prime Minister warned Emmanuel Macron against the temptation of a negotiated solution “now” in Ukraine at the risk of extensionr “global instability”, reported Downing Street. The two leaders “agreed that this was a critical moment for the evolution of the conflict and that it was possible to turn the tide of the war”said a spokesperson for the British government, after their interview on the sidelines of the G7 summit.