US President Joe Biden told G7 leaders that Washington will support training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets that could be supplied to Kyiv, a senior White House official told AFP on Friday.īiden said the US "will support a joint effort with our allies and partners to train Ukrainian pilots on fourth-generation fighter aircraft, including F-16s, to further strengthen and improve the capabilities of the Ukrainian Air Force", the official said. 5:40pm: Biden supports training Ukraine pilots on F-16s, W.House source says "Today’s actions will further tighten the vise on Putin’s ability to wage his barbaric invasion and will advance our global efforts to cut off Russian attempts to evade sanctions," US Treasury Department Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement. The move, which targets Russia's sanctions evasion, future energy revenues and military-industrial supply chains, marks the latest sanctions and export controls targeting Moscow, which have already hit thousands of targets and imposed steep curbs on Russia. The US on Friday announced sanctions on more than 300 targets as G7 leaders met in Japan, aiming to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and intensifying one of the harshest sanctions efforts ever implemented. ![]() 6:45pm: US imposes fresh sanctions on hundreds of Russian targets entry into the Russian Federation is closed for 500 Americans," the Russian foreign ministry said.Īlso among those listed were television hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers. "In response to the anti-Russian sanctions regularly imposed by the Biden administration. Russia on Friday said it banned entry to 500 Americans, including former President Barack Obama, in response to sanctions imposed by Washington. 7:54pm: Russia bans entry to 500 US nationals including Obama Yermak confirmed that Zelensky, who on Friday addressed the Arab League Summit in Saudi Arabia, would go to Japan for the G7. ![]() The two leaders will discuss a series of topics including the international fighter jet coalition, thanks to which "Ukraine will very soon have everything it needs to protect our skies, our cities and our citizens," Yermak said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with US President Joe Biden "in the coming days" at the G7 meeting in Hiroshima, his chief of staff said on television. For more of our coverage of the war in Ukraine, click here 8:55pm: Zelensky to meet Biden at G7 This live page is no longer being updated.
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