president of ukraine Volodomir Zelensky Arrived in Japan on Saturday for diplomatic talks with G7 leaders, hours later president biden and allies announced a series of new sanctions aimed at Hindering Russia’s Ability to Prolong War.

“Important meeting with partners and friends of Ukraine,” Zelensky tweeted after arriving at Hiroshima airport on a plane provided by France. “For our victory, security and enhanced cooperation. Peace will come closer today.”

Wearing his trademark green camouflage, he shook hands with officials before he was whisked to the summit first city to be hit by a nuclear attack.

In the run-up to the summit, attendees had expected him to appear at least virtually. But until Friday, there had been no confirmation that he would make the potentially dangerous trip from Kiev, It was the furthest he had traveled from his own country since the invasion last year.

He landed hours after the plane landed US agrees to allow training on US-made F-16 fighter jetsLaying the groundwork for their eventual transfer to Ukraine.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan later told reporters in Japan on Friday that Biden had shared plans to supply the plane with G7 allies — Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada .

“Over the past several months, we and our allies and partners have really focused on getting Ukraine the systems, weapons and training it needs to be able to conduct effective offensive operations this spring and summer,” Sullivan said.

“We have delivered on our commitments, we have given Ukraine what it needs based on our close consultations with their military, and now we have turned to discussing improvements to the Ukrainian Air Force as part of our long-term commitment to Ukraine’s self-defense. part”

Sullivan said the fighter jets were part of that commitment and that as training unfolds in the coming months, the U.S. will work with allies to finalize details on delivering the jets, including how many will be sent.

It was unclear when Ukraine would receive the fighter jets and which countries would provide them, but a senior Biden administration official told NBC News on Friday that the planes would not be used in Ukraine’s upcoming counteroffensive against Russia.

Sullivan also told reporters he thought it was “a safe bet” president biden Will meet Zelensky at the summit.

The Group of Seven vowed to step up pressure on Russia in a joint statement on Saturday.

“Russia’s brutal war of aggression is a threat to the whole world and violates the basic norms, rules and principles of the international community. We reiterate our unwavering support for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine as long as it is achieved,” it says.

Russia is now the most sanctioned country in the world, and the latest measures against Moscow include tighter restrictions on already sanctioned people and companies involved in the war.

“Our support for Ukraine will not waver,” the statement said. The G7 leaders also vowed to “jointly oppose Russia’s illegal, unprovoked and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine”.

“Russia started this war and can end it,” they said.