Zelensky wanted military aid for the G7 summit
U.S. President Vladimir Zelensky’s First Visit to Japan since the G7 Invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and a Call on the World to Stop Blind Blind Eyes
Zelenskyy will likely hold a one-on-one meeting with the president during his trip to the U.S. He will meet the leaders of India and Brazil who are not at the G-7 and are observing the event, as well as the ones who are.
The secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council said that Zelenskyy’sphysical presence is an important thing in order to defend our interests.
While people are far away, they do not always understand what is happening in our country. “It is the physical presence of our president that is extremely important at such events.”
This is Zelenskyy’s first trip to Asia since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Zelenskyy warned that nuclear-armed Russia could escalate its war on Ukraine, and this is in addition to the significance of the nuclear strike on Hiroshima in World War II.
Mr. Zelensky’s visit to Japan for the Group of 7 meeting — the details of which were kept murky until shortly before he stepped off the plane — followed a trip to Saudi Arabia, where he urged Arab leaders meeting there not to turn a “blind eye” to Russian atrocities in Ukraine.
There was a red carpet rolling out on the tarmac of the airport in Hiroshima, Japan, where Mr. Zelensky disembarked from his plane wearing an olive green-colored hooded jacket. He was in a black car.
He later posted videos of himself meeting with two other prime ministers, one from Britain and one from Italy, both of whom he visited in their own countries last weekend to drum up support for a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The events leading up to this happened after Mr. Biden told U.S allies that he would make it easier for other countries to provide F-16 fighter jets to the Ukrainian military.
Putin’s visit to Crimea followed by a warning to the world about the plight of Russian forces and the fate of its relations with Russia
He was expected to address G7 leaders on Sunday as part of his continued efforts to marshal more military aid for his country, an appeal that comes in a city that serves as a sobering reminder of the devastation of war.
His appearance was arranged after Mr. Zelensky expressed a strong desire to participate in the summit face to face.
His presence also is a reminder of how badly relations with Russia have deteriorated. Mr. Putin’s own participation in what was once known as the Group of 8 ended after he ordered the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. Russia was suspended from the group and left it entirely three years later.
The G7 leaders have already pledged at the summit to toughen punishments on Moscow and redouble efforts to choke off funding for its war. The leaders stressed their commitment to support Ukrainians for as long as it takes in a statement released on Saturday.
