Response to Russia’s war in Ukraine dominates G7 summit

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, who is chairing the G7 this year, speaks to the media on the last day of the summit at Schloss Elmau, Germany. Photograph: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images

Western leaders ended the three-day G7 summit in Germany promising to increase the economic and political costs to Vladimir Putin and his regime of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The German chancellor and chair of the G7, Olaf Scholz, made the vow at a closing press conference in which he said the group were united and unbreakable, adding: “It is important to stand together for this over the long distance, which will certainly be necessary.”