of the war in ukraine cast on them both. first, the g7, where the world s most advanced economies are meeting in japan. the us has said it will support providing advanced fighterjets including us made f16s to ukraine and also back training ukrainian pilots to fly them. meanwhile, moscow s closest ally in the middle east, syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was only massive russian military support, that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. the summit was also attented by the ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, who is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima on sunday, where its expected he ll address leaders and hold a meeting with us presidentjoe biden. details on that later in the programme. but first, the news of more military support for ukraine. a short whie earlier, us national security advisor jake sull
before they did it to ukraine, he is now being welcomed back by the saudi government and other governments in the middle east, welcomed as a strong word but he is being allowed back in and treated like a regular head of state, which is not appropriate given the human rights violations that he has been responsible for. thank you so much for been responsible for. thank you so much for your been responsible for. thank you so much for your time. - following reports all day that president zelensky would attend the summit, tonight, the japanese government has confirmed he will arrive on sunday. 0ur reporter nick marsh is in hiroshima following the rumour mill was in full swing yesterday, is he coming, is he not coming? everyone seemed to have a different source. huge conspiracy concerns when it comes to these high profile visits so it s understandable that kiel, washington, tokyo, would be so tightlipped until now, but have had confirmation that he is
live from washington, this is bbc news. the ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, is to meet g7 world leaders in person at the hiroshima summit this sunday. the confirmation of the visit follows the us backing the supply of f16 figherjets to ukraine and that they will provide trianing. and former us president barack obama is one of over 500 us citizens now banned from russia in response to new anit russia sanctions. great to have you with us. two major international summits today, more than 8,000 apart, with the shadow
but officials say they need up to 200 jets to match moscow s air power, which is thought to be or six times greater than kyiv s. president zelensky has primarily been asking its allies for f 16s. first built in the 1970s, the jet can travel at twice the speed of sound and can engage targets in the air or on the ground. evelyn farkas, is the executive director of the mccain institute, who served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine and eurasia. my colleague carl nasman spoke to her a little earlier. well, madam ambassador, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us now. i want to start, because we just learned that you personally have been sanctioned by russia. you ve been included on a list of some 500 americans. among them, barack obama, a comedian, seth meyers, how significant is this? is
get a chance to actually sit down and talk all in the same room, it will definitely be seen as a big diplomatic victory for ukraine and for president zelensky. richard haass, the president of the council of foreign relations, gave his thoughts on about zelensky s travels this week. he was looking for several things one was economic and military and diplomatic support, wherever he can get it from. he s also looking for the opposite he s looking for support for sanctions against russia. a lot of the world has essentially sat on the sidelines or actively traded with russia and he clearly would like to see less of that. i think he s trying to make a connection with them, and i did not see his speech today but i would have said 30 years ago, it was saddam hussein who invaded and took over all of kuwait, and you all saw