US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi met on Sunday in Hiroshima, Japan, on the last day of the G7 summit. An important topic was what support Ukraine can get from the G7 leaders. At the meeting, Zelenskyj was promised new weapons, and assurances that Ukrainian pilots will receive training on F-16 combat aircraft. The US should also have given the go-ahead for allies to deliver F-16 aircraft to Ukraine, writes the BBC. Zelenskyj has been asking for the combat aircraft for several months, but the US has hesitated to give permission for the American-made aircraft to be delivered to Ukraine. It is not clear how this will happen, when it will happen and how many planes Ukraine will get. It is also not clear what equipment the aircraft will receive and what kind of weapons they may have. The F-16 aircraft will in any case mean a major step up for the air force in Ukraine, which until now has only had fighters produced in the Soviet era, of the type Mig-19 and SU-27. Scholz and Zelenskyj met on Saturday during the summit. Photo: AP Scholz: F-16 training is a message to Russia Already earlier this week it was clear that Ukrainian pilots were to receive training in flying the F-16. – The training will be a message to Russia that the country cannot count on winning the war, says German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz. Scholz says the training program must be a long-term project. – Must not become a frozen conflict. Scholz also said that it is important that the President of Ukraine gets to meet leaders from non-Western countries. – If proposals for peace talks are put forward, the goal cannot be that we get a frozen conflict. Russia must withdraw its forces, Scholz said. To the German television station Welt, Scholz says that it is important to clarify how Ukraine’s security will be safeguarded after the war. At the same time, he made it clear that Ukrainian NATO membership is not something that will come in the near future. “Family picture” The G7 leaders unanimously adopted a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Sunday. Before the end of the meeting on Sunday, Zelenskyj will address the leaders of the seven G7 countries. On Sunday afternoon, it is expected that Biden and Zelenskyj will hold a joint press conference after the two have met privately. THE “FAMILY PICTURE” OF THE G7 SUMMIT: From right: President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, President of France Emmanuel Macron, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyj, Prime Minister of Japan and host of the summit, Fumio Kishida, US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and, far left, Council of Europe President Charles Michel. Italian Prime Minister Gloria Meloni is not in the picture. Photo: Susan Walsh/AP
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