Zelenskyy Departs G7 Summit in Canada Without Fresh Pledge of US Support

The Ukrainian leader failed to meet with Trump, who left the summit one day ahead of schedule.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the G7 Summit in Alberta, Canada, on June 17, 2025. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy left a Canada-hosted G7 summit on June 17 in the absence of new pledges of U.S. assistance and without a sought-after meeting with his American counterpart.

Writing on social media platform X, Zelenskyy said diplomacy was “in crisis” after he failed to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the summit, which was held in Alberta, Canada, from June 15 to 17.