G-7 Leaders Announce New Sanctions Against Russia as Zelenskyy Invited to Hiroshima Summit

Ukrainian president is anticipated to make a trip to Japan to attend summit on Sunday

(L-R) British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Council President Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron, U.S. President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida walk out of the Peace Memorial Museum to a flower wreath-laying ceremony in the Peace Memorial Park as part of the G-7 Leaders' Summit, in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 19, 2023. Franck Robichon/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

HIROSHIMA, Japan—The war in Ukraine takes center stage at this year’s Group of Seven (G-7) Summit, with leaders introducing new sanctions “to continue tightening the screws on Russia” as they begin their three-day meeting in Hiroshima.

“We will further restrict Russia’s access to our economies,” the leaders said in a statement released on May 19.