Prime Minister Mark Carney attended a virtual meeting with other world leaders ahead of a meeting between the leaders of the United States and Russia over the war in Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15 to discuss ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump said on Aug. 13 that there would be “very severe consequences” if Putin does not agree to end his war, but did not go into detail on what those consequences could be.