{"id":15433,"date":"2026-06-16T11:31:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=15433"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:31:47","slug":"g7-allies-scramble-to-put-ukraine-back-atop-trumps-agenda-as-war-drags-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=15433","title":{"rendered":"G7 allies scramble to put Ukraine back atop Trump\u2019s agenda as war drags on"},"content":{"rendered":"

By SYLVIE CORBET, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI<\/strong><\/p>\n

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) \u2014 U.S. allies at the Group of Seven summit of major industrialized nations worked Tuesday to push the war in Ukraine back up the agenda of President Donald Trump after more than four years of fighting sparked by Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion.<\/p>

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The Iran conflict has in recent weeks overshadowed the war in Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched. Host President Emmanuel Macron of France said he\u2019ll seek to persuade Trump to continue supporting Ukraine and increase pressure on Russia to help reach a peace agreement.<\/p>\n

As the U.S. under Trump has cut back aid to Ukraine, France and its European allies are now the biggest providers of military and financial support to Kyiv.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined G7 leaders for a morning working session but talks wrapped quickly, as leaders gathered for just 75 minutes, according to the French G7 presidency.<\/p>\n

The Ukraine talks came on the heels of Trump\u2019s announcement of an agreement to end the 3 1\/2-month-old U.S. war against Iran. Trump said Tuesday he\u2019ll be meeting one-on-one with Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n

Trump said he wants to focus on Ukraine now, saying Iran will soon be \u201cback in the rearview mirror.\u201d He downplayed the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the U.S. but lamented the death toll.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole thing is ridiculous,\u201d Trump said. \u201cSo, yeah, I\u2019m going to do whatever I can.\u201d<\/p>

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Meanwhile, the U.K. announced a new set of sanctions targeting the \u201c shadow fleet \u201d Russia uses to ship oil and gas, and the finance networks used by Moscow to evade Western sanctions. The ships targeted include several vessels recently purchased by Russia to transport liquefied natural gas from its sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, U.K. troops seized a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the English Channel for the first time.<\/p>\n