look forward to rescheduling my stops in papua new guinea and australia later. i ve spoken with the prime minister papa new guinea and secretary blinken is traveling there to meet with his pacific islander partners at that moment and i m also going to be hosting and i ve spoken with the prime minister and hosting the pacific island forum in washington this fall because i m unable to meet and papa new guinea. the prime minister, were you have a state visit later this year end i would think the president for his outstanding. is not hyperbole that is outstanding leadership. as well as the entire japanese government. they ve shown to jill, myself and the whole team. being in the city and visiting the memorial on friday was a powerful reminder of nuclear war, and a shared responsibility to never cease our efforts to build for peace and together with the leaders of the g7 we have read iterated our commitment to work toward a world free and the threat of nuclear weapons. over the pa
president also saying he s going to train ukrainian pilots on advanced fighter jets including the f-16 but the training could take more than a year, back to you guys. rachel: the clear winner at the g7 summit ukraine not part of the g7 but zelenskyy coming and hat in hand $375 million to the guaranteed of the f-16 fighter jets as well provided he does not fly them into russia. a good day for zelenskyy. pete: also a bad day for strategic city in eastern ukraine that was retaken by russian troops in the wagon group. the war very much contested which means they will come hat in hand for additional assistance. later on will break down how much money in the billions hundred the billions liberty provided to ukraine. rachel: i wouldn t note zelenskyy just said as long as
the world is at a crossroads, following russia s invasion of ukraine. his comments came as he welcomed leaders of the world s most advanced economies for the g7 summit ukraine will be top of the agenda. it comes hours after several cities including the capital, kyiv, were targeted in a wave of russian missile strikes. one person is known to have died in a strike on the black sea port of odesa, with two others injured. ukraine says its air defences shot down all but one of the 30 missiles. it was the ninth time this month that russian air raids have targeted the capital a clear escalation after weeks of lull and ahead us presidentjoe biden met japan s fumio kishida in hiroshima where they agreed to maintain sanctions against russia and support for ukraine. mr biden said he was proud that the united states and japan were standing together to face one of the most complex environments of recent history. i am nowjoined by michael bociurkiw who is a senior fellow, at the atlantic council.
The leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies vow to "intensify" economic pressure on Russia amid its war on Ukraine and seek to provide Kyiv with much-needed air defense systems, while noting they see no evidence of Moscow committing to peace efforts.