in the so called a family photo with leaders of the world s most powerful democracies. it s part of a multi day diplomatic tour to solidify support for an expected spring counter offensive against russia. later, mr zelensky will address the leaders and also have a meeting president biden. earlier, the french president emmanuel macron said mr zelensky s presence at the g7 is a way to build peace and emphasized the need for a solution to the conflict based on international law. and new comments from german chancellor olaf scholz, who said training programs for ukrainian pilots on f16 fighterjets are a message to russia that it should not expect to succeed, even in a prolonged conflict. live now to the bbc s nick marsh in hiroshima. thank nick marsh in hiroshima. you forjoining us. with the thank you forjoining us. with the g7 summit under way volodomyr zelensky is dominating conversations? hello from a very dominating conversations? hello from a very hot dominating conver
prime minister there sat down and had a talk on an increasing realisation that may be what the g7 is doing it s there and the g7 is doing it s there and the commitment is solid but maybe it is not enough to change the course of the war, to really hurt the russian war machine, the economy and the world is a very big place, they have to broaden the scope of the international appeal. it is not like he will change anybody s mind but it is perhaps the beginning of a new beginning when he will meet leaders of other countries fa ce to fa ce leaders of other countries face to face notjust g7 face to face not just g7 allies. face-to-face not ust g7 allies. , ,., allies. there is something about meeting allies. there is something i about meeting face-to-face about meeting face to face which adds a sense of real urgency, has that been quite important for volodomyr zelensky forgetting moving on training of pilots, and flying fi7 training of pilots, and flying fi7 fighterjets he has been asking