G7 leaders agreed on June 16 to intensify pressure on Russia to end more than four years of war against Ukraine, with US President Donald Trump saying Moscow should “make a deal” and indicating Washington could re-impose waived sanctions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined the summit at the French resort of Evian, hoping that with a deal between the US and Iran ostensibly in the works, the Trump administration will now turn its attention to solving Europe’s largest armed conflict since World War II.
