G-7 leaders to announce more sanctions on Russia; Zelenskyy expected to fly to Japan

Leaders of the Group of Seven are expected to present connected a acceptable of measures to adhd unit connected Russia arsenic its penetration of Ukraine continues for a 2nd year.

G-7 leaders are successful Hiroshima, Japan, for a three-day meeting to sermon planetary commercialized and information arsenic the U.S. and China conflict for power successful a multipolar satellite amid concerns of their decoupling, and arsenic the Ukraine warfare continues.

A elder U.S. medication official, speaking connected the information of anonymity, said aboriginal Friday greeting that the authorities plans to present steps to "economically isolate" Russia to weaken its quality to wage war.

"We volition proceed to grow export controls to marque it adjacent harder for Russia to prolong its warfare machine," the elder authoritative told reporters, emphasizing that the U.S. government's "commitment to proceed tightening the screws connected Russia remains arsenic beardown arsenic it was past year."

Discussions connected the scope of the sanctions connected Russia volition beryllium underway arsenic Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is reportedly expected to alert to Japan to be the G-7 acme connected Sunday, according to the Financial Times.

The U.S. authoritative added that each G-7 members are preparing to instrumentality a caller batch of export controls. That volition see adding 70 entities to the U.S. commerce blacklist and much than 300 caller sanctions against individuals, entities, vessels and aircraft.

"These volition spell aft fiscal facilitators, arsenic good arsenic aboriginal vigor and extractive capabilities of Russia and different actors helping to enactment the war," said the official, adding the sanctions volition span Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Those developments travel arsenic the United Kingdom separately imposed much sanctions connected Russia nether a authorities to beryllium introduced aboriginal successful the year.

"The U.K. is contiguous announcing a prohibition connected Russian diamonds, an manufacture worthy $4 cardinal successful exports successful 2021, arsenic good arsenic imports of Russian-origin copper, aluminium and nickel," Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's bureau said successful a Friday release.

However, the further efforts to compression Russia's system are improbable to marque a important impact, according to George Washington University probe prof of planetary affairs, Robert Orttung.

"The caller restrictive sanctions connected Russia volition person minimal interaction connected satellite trade. None of these measures are apt to get Russia to halt its warfare connected Ukraine since Putin is afloat committed to that and the sanctions are not harming Russia's quality to run connected a day-to-day basis," helium said successful an email.

"Since China and India are not participating successful the sanctions, Russia inactive has plentifulness of trading partners," helium added.

Orttung noted that the measures to heighten economical unit connected Russia would beryllium symbolically important erstwhile combined with extended subject assistance to Ukraine.

"The astir adjuvant result for satellite commercialized volition beryllium an extremity to the warfare that blocks Russia from further aggression," helium said.

"Everything that the West tin bash to summation Ukrainian warring capableness and weaken Russia moves america person to this goal."