The exceptional guest does not really intend to be discreet.
Present at the G7 summit, which brings together the seven largest Western economic powers each year on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to demand more weapons for Ukraine at war and a further strengthening of Western sanctions against Moscow.
Volodymyr Zelensky is due to speak by videoconference mid-morning during this meeting of the seven industrial powers which began on Sunday in the bucolic setting of Elmau Castle, at the foot of the Bavarian Alps, in Germany.
The Ukrainian leader, who will also take part in the NATO summit in Madrid from Tuesday, wants to put pressure on the seven leaders for increased support from them, the day after Russian strikes on kyiv, denounced as acts of "barbarism by US President Joe Biden.
For the first time in weeks, the Ukrainian capital was hit by Russian missiles on Sunday morning as fierce fighting continued in the east of the country, in this deadly conflict which entered its fifth month.
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“A man was killed, he was only 37 years old.
There are injured, including a girl called Genya, she is seven years old and she is the daughter of the deceased (…) Her mother was also injured.
She is a Russian citizen.
Nothing threatened her in our state, she was safe until Russia decided that everything was hostile to her” in Ukraine, President Zelensky said in a video message Sunday evening.
"The leaders of the G7 (...) have sufficient joint potential to stop Russian aggression," he said.
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.”
Russian gold embargo
For the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, host of the Elmau summit, these bombings came as a reminder once again "that it was right to be united and to support Ukraine".
Vladimir Putin hoped that, “one way or another, NATO and the G7 will split.
But we have not done it and we will not do it, ”also assured Joe Biden.
On the first day of their exchanges on Sunday, in this castle set on the emerald green mountain pastures, the seven industrialized countries (Germany, France, United States, Canada, Japan, Italy, Great Britain) announced that they would extend the sanctions against Moscow by decreeing an embargo on newly mined gold in Russia.
This measure will hit "the Russian oligarchs directly and attack the heart of Putin's war machine", hammered British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as the West has already adopted several rounds of sanctions against Russia.
Threat of food crisis
This is the first signal of support for Ukraine displayed by the heads of state and government of the G7 during this summit largely devoted to the war in Ukraine and its repercussions.
Among the most urgent, the food crisis which threatens part of the planet while thousands of tons of cereals sleep in Ukrainian silos due to the blockade or occupation of the Black Sea ports by the Russians.
Boris Johnson is due to call for "urgent action" on Monday to revive vital grain exports from Ukraine as the poorest countries teeter on the brink, Downing Street said.
This serious threat that hangs over many emerging countries will also be at the heart of the discussions that the Heads of State and Government will lead on Monday with the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, but also with the leaders of the five countries invited this year. in Bavaria (India, Argentina, Senegal, Indonesia and South Africa).
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India, Senegal and South Africa abstained in voting on a UN resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Indonesian Head of State and G20 President Joko Widodo is also due to visit Ukraine and Russia soon to discuss the economic and humanitarian consequences of the Russian invasion.
Emerging economies are particularly exposed to the risk of food shortages and the climate crisis, another emergency that the seven leaders must discuss with their guests.
In a context of shortage of Russian gas, environmental NGOs fear that the G7 will back down on its commitments to end international financing of fossil fuels.
