G7 should "do everything": Selenskyj wants to end the Ukraine war in 2022 - and is demanding massive aid
Created: 06/27/2022, 12:42 p.m
By: Andreas Schmid, Felix Durach
The G7 summit in Elmau is underway.
The heads of state around Scholz, Macron and Biden will talk about the Ukraine war, among other things, on Monday.
The news ticker for the G7 summit.
G7
decide new
sanctions against Moscow
: The summit participants want to make sure that Russia pays for the costs of the war.
Von der Leyen
at the
G7 summit
: The EU Commission President fears that other autocrats could use Vladimir Putin's actions as a model.
Selenskyj
guest at the
G7 summit
: Ukraine President present via video link.
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Update from June 27, 12:05 p.m .:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj probably wants to end the war against Russia this year.
The 44-year-old is said to have demanded that participants at the G7 summit "do everything" to end the war with Russia later this year.
This is reported by the AFP news agency with reference to internal circles.
Zelenskyy also pointed out that the war would be very long if it could not be ended before winter.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked the G7 participants for massive aid.
The war against Russia should be ended before winter.
© BENOIT TESSIER/AFP
Scholz: G7 participants are trying to get grain exports from Ukraine
Update from June 27, 11:23 a.m .:
The G7 countries are trying to enable grain exports from Ukraine in view of an impending hunger crisis.
"Negotiations are currently going on day and night," said Chancellor Olaf Scholz in an interview with the ZDF "Morgenmagazin".
The topic is therefore also high on the agenda at the G7 summit in Elmau.
Concrete financial commitments from the G7 countries are expected on Monday.
Ukraine and Russia are the world's largest wheat exporters.
Normally, they cover almost a third of global demand - but because Russia is currently blocking the Ukrainian ports, a lot of grain cannot be exported.
According to the World Food Program, 50 million people worldwide are on the brink of starvation.
The UN organization assesses the situation in Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia as catastrophic.
G7 adopt new sanctions against Moscow – focus also on armaments sector
Update from June 27, 10:40 a.m .:
According to the US government, the G7 countries have agreed on further punitive measures against Russia.
The measures were aimed, among other things, against military production and supply chains, the White House announced on Monday on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Bavaria.
Accordingly, sanctions are to be imposed on hundreds of other people and institutions and punitive tariffs on numerous Russian products.
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The aim of the sanctions is to further restrict Russia's access to essential materials, services and technologies.
The Russian armaments sector in particular is said to be affected by this.
This is intended to limit Russia's ability to "replace military equipment it has already lost in its brutal war against Ukraine."
The statement also said the US would levy punitive tariffs on more than 570 Russian product groups with a volume of around $2.3 billion.
Biden and other G7 leaders would seek to use proceeds from punitive tariffs on Russian goods to support Ukraine.
The aim is to ensure "that Russia pays for the costs of its war".
The participants of the G7 summit in Elmau have agreed on further sanctions against Russia.
© JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP
G7 impose further sanctions on Russia - Aid to Ukraine "as long as it is necessary"
The White House also announced travel bans against around 500 government officials "for threatening or violating Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence, or for suppressing dissent in Russia."
According to the report, the G7 will also commit to helping Ukraine cover its short-term budget deficits.
The US would pledge a $7.5 billion aid package for this.
The G7 leaders pledged to provide Ukraine with financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support "as long as it is needed".
G7 summit Elmau: Despite Russian war of aggression - Scholz does not want to "torpedo" the G20
Update from June 27, 9 a.m.:
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has spoken out in favor of maintaining the G20 despite the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine.
"One thing is clear: the G20 must continue to play a role," said the SPD politician on Monday in the ZDF "Morgenmagazin".
There is "the common conviction that we do not want to torpedo the G20," added the Chancellor.
The G20 is a group of leading economic powers, which, in addition to the G7 states, also includes authoritarian countries such as China, Saudi Arabia and Russia.
The next summit meeting is scheduled for November on the Indonesian island of Bali.
When asked if he would then sit down at a table with Vladimir Putin, Scholz replied cautiously.
"In the end, we will have to make the decision shortly before departure, because the course of the world can change significantly by then," said the 64-year-old.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz in an interview with the ZDF "Morgenmagazin" from Schloss Elmau.
© Screenshot/ZDF
However, the Chancellor pointed out that the Ukrainian President Zelenskyy was also invited to the summit in November.
EU Commission President von der Leyen also rejected a boycott of the G20 summit on Sunday evening.
Zelenskyj demands "powerful air defense" from G7 participants
Update from June 27, 8 a.m.:
On the second day of the G7 summit in Elmau, the Ukraine war is the most important topic on the agenda.
In this context, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj will also be able to comment on the current developments.
The 44-year-old will take part in the fourth working session of the G7 heads of state via video link.
During the night from Sunday to Monday, Zelenskyy reiterated his demands for further arms deliveries to the West.
"We need powerful air defense - modern, fully effective," said the President in his daily video address.
Zelenskyy reiterated his position that any delay in arms deliveries to Ukraine is an invitation to Russia to strike further.
The G7 countries together had so much potential "to stop Russian aggression against Ukraine and Europe," said the 44-year-old.
At the same time as the start of the G7 summit, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was the target of a rocket attack for the first time in three weeks.
The Russian armed forces can also achieve further successes in the east of the country.
In addition to the war in Ukraine, the topics of health, energy and climate are also on the agenda on the second day of the summit.
Von der Leyen at G7 summit: Putin "to tell his face what we think of him"
Update from June 26, 10:10 p.m .:
As EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen is present at the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau.
In ZDF
's "heute journal"
, the CDU politician commented on how she was dealing with Vladimir Putin, who has been letting Russian troops rage in Ukraine for four months.
"It's important to tell him to his face what we think of him and what we think of this type of action," stressed von der Leyen, with a view to the G20 meeting in November on the Indonesian island of Bali.
However, in her opinion, it is too important a body, "also for the developing countries, the emerging countries" to let Putin "destroy" it.
In the event of a direct confrontation, she would like the Kremlin boss to say: "Then he should also take a stand."
The basic motto of the evening in Elmau was: "This is about whether the democracies will prevail, or whether the aggressor who brutally attacked Ukraine will prevail." Because von der Leyen fears imitators: "Other autocrats in the world look very carefully whether it is still possible to move borders and invade countries with brute force, military might, or whether the democracies will stand up and use their own strength, and that is above all economic strength, to give an appropriate response and say: Stop, up to here and no further."
New guests, Zelenskyj and possible Putin attacks: that's what the second G7 day will bring
First report from June 26th:
Elmau/Garmisch-Partenkirchen - The first day of the G7 summit in Elmau was marked by symbolic images and the announcement of a package worth billions for developing countries.
On the second day of the summit on Monday, the Ukraine war is on the G7 agenda.
The summit participants from Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, USA, Canada and Japan gathered on Sunday in front of the Upper Bavarian Alps.
On the bench, where Angela Merkel and Barack Obama provided intimate moments in 2015, the G7 group smiled for the cameras after a "working dinner".
The informal group picture of the G7 summit: from left to right: Mario Draghi (Italy), Ursula von der Leyen (EU), Joe Biden (USA), Olaf Scholz (Germany), Boris Johnson (UK), Justin Trudeau (Canada) , Fumio Kishida (Jaoan), Emmanuel Macron (France) and Charles Michel (EU).
© Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP
G7 summit in Elmau: package worth billions as an alternative to China
The heads of state and government around Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden had previously announced a billion-euro package for developing countries.
An investment program is intended to counteract China's influence.
The initiative, which was largely initiated by the USA, is intended to “enable high-quality and sustainable infrastructure”.
In total, it is about 600 billion dollars (568 billion euros).
The envisaged sum is not government aid payments.
Rather, with the support of governments, primarily private capital should be mobilized.
So you are dependent on the gusto of private entrepreneurs.
The aim is to make poorer countries in Asia and Africa, which want to build ports, roads and bridges for their development, less dependent on Chinese investments.
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G7 summit in Elmau: Zelenskyj present via video link
On Monday, the Ukraine war is the top priority on the G7 agenda.
While the G7 leaders were meeting at Schloss Elmau, Russia bombed Kyiv.
Actually, Russian troops had withdrawn from the Ukrainian capital.
A targeted provocation by Vladimir Putin?
"One has to assume that Putin is flexing his muscles here," said EPP boss Manfred Weber (CSU) on the sidelines of the summit on ARD.
Volodymyr Zelenskyj will also be there on the second day of the summit.
However, the Ukrainian President will only take part virtually in the deliberations in Bavaria.
The topics of climate, energy and health will also be discussed on Monday.
The heads of state and government of Indonesia, South Africa, India, Senegal and Argentina are expected at Schloss Elmau.
Among other things, partnerships for a sustainable energy policy will be discussed with them.
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