{"id":165637,"date":"2025-06-07T18:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T18:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/165637\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T18:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T18:33:09","slug":"zelenskyy-seeks-trump-meeting-at-g7-in-canada-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/165637\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy seeks Trump meeting at G7 in Canada \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ukrainian delegation also held <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/andriy-yermak-zelenskyy-chief-of-staff-ukraine-profile\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/andriy-yermak-zelenskyy-chief-of-staff-ukraine-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discussions in Washington<\/a> on continuing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/en\/news\/spolucheni-shtati-ameriki-prodovzhuyut-pidtrimuvati-ukrayinu-98309\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/en\/news\/spolucheni-shtati-ameriki-prodovzhuyut-pidtrimuvati-ukrayinu-98309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military aid to Ukraine<\/a> as it defends itself from Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s all-out invasion, Yermak said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a <a href=\"https:\/\/interfax.com.ua\/news\/general\/1078055.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawKwAJlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFac2thd2gweDlURjdGMms4AR5V48Z3EiMLwMk0zWyj_BI7rGh5oCcpKoo24Laykid3AcIywGve-EIAyQ7eVg_aem__E7QtZmfxNtdLt7j20-d0w\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/interfax.com.ua\/news\/general\/1078055.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawKwAJlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFac2thd2gweDlURjdGMms4AR5V48Z3EiMLwMk0zWyj_BI7rGh5oCcpKoo24Laykid3AcIywGve-EIAyQ7eVg_aem__E7QtZmfxNtdLt7j20-d0w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared understanding<\/a> on this issue; we need to keep working,\u201d Yermak said. \u201cPresident Zelenskyy clearly outlined our position: Under the signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/us-donald-trump-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-parliament-minerals-deal-approved\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/us-donald-trump-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-parliament-minerals-deal-approved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agreement on economic cooperation<\/a>, we are also ready to buy some of the equipment, especially missile defense systems, etc.,\u201d Yermak said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian visit came as U.S. lawmakers are weighing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/national-security-daily\/2025\/06\/02\/a-massive-sanctions-threat-hangs-over-putin-00380798\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sweeping sanctions measures<\/a> aimed at Russia and its biggest energy customers. The delegation met with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham\u00a0and Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal, who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/lindsey-graham-russia-sanctions-tariffs-bill-2b3922ee?st=XDGn7X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushing for a bipartisan bill<\/a>\u00a0in the U.S. Senate that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/07\/lindsey-graham-russia-sanctions-bill-trade-embargo-00393297\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/07\/lindsey-graham-russia-sanctions-bill-trade-embargo-00393297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impose steep tariffs<\/a> on countries that buy Russian energy resources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/andriy-yermak-zelenskyy-chief-of-staff-ukraine-profile\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/andriy-yermak-zelenskyy-chief-of-staff-ukraine-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new sanctions package<\/a> will be adopted,\u201d Yermak said. \u201cBut even the process that should begin in the Senate next week will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/ursula-von-der-leyen-lindsey-graham-russia-vladimir-putin-ukraine-eu-donald-trump-sanctions-pressure\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/ursula-von-der-leyen-lindsey-graham-russia-vladimir-putin-ukraine-eu-donald-trump-sanctions-pressure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">very important signal<\/a> \u2014 because everyone understands what it\u2019s about. It\u2019s quite clearly about reducing Russia\u2019s revenues from energy exports, primarily oil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia hit Ukraine\u2019s eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday with a large barrage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/06\/deadly-russian-bombardment-of-ukraine-further-dampens-hopes-for-peace-00393426\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/06\/deadly-russian-bombardment-of-ukraine-further-dampens-hopes-for-peace-00393426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drones and missiles<\/a>, killing at least three people and wounding 21 others, local officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The assault early Saturday \u2014 the latest in near daily widescale attacks by Moscow \u2014 included glide bombs that have become part of a fierce Russian onslaught in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all-out war<\/a>, which began in February 2022, the Associated Press reported. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ukrainian delegation also held discussions in Washington on continuing military aid to Ukraine as it defends itself&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[24605,943,6215,473,32,35,2000,299,7058,1214,47778,2597,2598,2661,332,2663,479,657,49,333,2601],"class_list":{"0":"post-165637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-andriy-yermak","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cooperation","11":"tag-defense","12":"tag-donald-trump","13":"tag-energy","14":"tag-eu","15":"tag-europe","16":"tag-european-defense","17":"tag-exports","18":"tag-lindsey-graham","19":"tag-military","20":"tag-missiles","21":"tag-oil","22":"tag-russia","23":"tag-sanctions","24":"tag-tariffs","25":"tag-ukraine","26":"tag-united-states","27":"tag-vladimir-putin","28":"tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114643520970717549","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}