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Justin McCurry in Hiroshima

Zelenskiy secures fresh US military aid at G7 as Russia hails ‘liberation’ of Bakhmut

US president Joe Biden with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan.
The US president, Joe Biden (left), with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. The war in Ukraine has topped the agenda at the talks. Photograph: Reuters

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has secured fresh military aid from the US during a day of frantic diplomatic activity at the G7 summit, as Russia claimed a battlefield victory in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

Joe Biden announced military assistance worth up to $375m (£300m) to Kyiv, telling Zelenskiy the US was doing everything possible to strengthen Ukraine’s defences in its war with Russia.

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