G-7 summit: Can Ukraine President Zelensky’s appearance stiffen resolve to punish Russia?

(From left) European Council president Charles Michel, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British PM Rishi Sunak, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, at the Cenotaph for atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima on Friday.

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HIROSHIMA, Japan – The first city to experience the horrors of an atomic bomb, 78 years ago, is set to welcome the leader of a country facing the same nuclear threat.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

will attend the ongoing summit of the Group of Seven (G-7)

bloc of wealthy democracies in person on Sunday, according to reports, in a bid to stiffen their resolve to further punish Russia for its invasion of his country and which has also threatened the use of nuclear weapons.

G-7 summit: Can Ukraine President Zelensky’s appearance stiffen resolve to punish Russia?

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