‘We’re not going away’: Rishi Sunak arrives at G7 announcing Russia sanctions

Rishi Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty (both in centre), meet the Japanese PM, Fumio Kishida, and his wife, Yuko, at the Peace Memorial Park. Photograph: Jacques Witt/AFP/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak has warned Vladimir Putin that western leaders are “not going away” as they gathered at the G7 summit in Japan, with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, preparing to fly in to meet them.

At a teahouse in Shukkeien garden in Hiroshima on Friday, the prime minister told Sky News: “Russia needs to know that we and other countries remain steadfast in our resolve to support Ukraine, not just in the here and now with the resources it needs to protect itself, but for the long term as well.”