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Strikes hit Shevchenkivskiy district of Ukraine capital, says mayor Vitali Klitschko; G7 leaders to discuss energy and food crisis at Bavarian retreat.

He is expected to emphasise the difficulties his troops are facing in eastern Ukraine as well as the need for heavier long-range weapons. Their talks were “a good opportunity to affirm the deep and enduring ties between our two countries. They’re making the sacrifice. This is something that it’s worth us standing up for together. They’re making the effort. But the most incredible thing about the way the West has responded to the invasion of Ukraine by Putin has been the unity - Nato has been solid, the G7 has been solid and we continue to be solid. He added that several people had already been hospitalised. I never believed in my lifetime that I would see a German Chancellor stepping up in the way that Olaf Scholz has and sending weaponry to help the Ukrainians to to protect themselves. In terms of the meeting agenda, expect that Russia and Ukraine are going to be at the top of the list, including our continued close coordination on the political and diplomatic front,” the official said. Speaking at the G7 summit in Germany, Boris Johnson stressed the need for continued unity in response to the war in Ukraine. He said: “Realistically there is going to be fatigue in populations and politicians.” “I want to compliment you for stepping up as you did when you became chancellor” and “the way you had a great impact on the rest of Europe to move, particularly relating to Ukraine,” Biden told Scholz. “We have to stay together,” Biden told Scholz at a meeting ahead of the G7 summit in the German Alps.

President Biden said the world's wealthiest democracies would ban imports of Russian gold, as their summit in Germany sought ways to further isolate Moscow.

And is there a Western position?” said Ulrich Speck, a foreign-policy analyst in Berlin. “Certainly, it will be always up to the Ukrainians to decide. “His priority will be to increase pressure on Russia and aid to Ukraine, but to do so when the West is worried about oil and food prices, its remaining weapons stocks and a war that shows no end in sight. And the United States has poured in weapons but has also signaled that it agrees on not risking escalation. But when President Emmanuel Macron of France said in May that the West should resist “the temptation of humiliation” of Mr. Putin, it was among the first public signs of a rift in the fundamental strategy of how far to push the Russian leader. Even as they provide more sophisticated weaponry, they have insisted that NATO powers cannot be drawn into the conflict, in part for fear of a nuclear standoff with Russia. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, this year’s Group of 7 summit was supposed to provide an opportunity to change gears from typical geopolitics and finance, and focus on the future. Mr. Biden will attempt to prepare his fellow G7 leaders for a long slog in Ukraine and to find ways to mitigate the war’s economic disruption. It is the latest in a series of economic sanctions imposed by Ukraine’s allies, including a crackdown on oil exports, Russia’s largest source of export revenue. They were worried that the glass in the window was broken and that looters would steal their belongings. The summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday and Monday was also expected to discuss possible attempts to tighten sanctions on Russian oil. Nataliya, 63, and her daughter Olha, 32, watched from across the parking lot of the apartment building as emergency workers sought to put out the fire. The Western sanctions intended to create pain for Russia have sent food and energy prices skyrocketing across the world, even as Moscow’s war machine has shown little sign of slowing down.

Several explosions took place early on Sunday in the Shevchenkivskiy district of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko said o.

Several explosions took place early on Sunday in the Shevchenkivskiy district of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app. Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation". There was no immediate information on the cause of the explosions or casualties.