

They were heading to Chop, a Ukrainian city near the Polish border. Inside an evacuation train, families travel in a carriage reserved for children with special needs. The new American aid package was likely to include new artillery, ammunition and rocket launchers, officials said. However he decides to address the leaders, Zelensky was likely to continue his appeals for more advanced weapons and tougher sanctions on Russia. Officials who earlier said Zelensky would join in-person declined to say Saturday whether those plans remained intact. While a top Ukrainian official said Friday on national television that Zelensky’s in-person participation was “extremely important,” the sensitive nature of his security arrangements meant officials were wary of saying exactly how he would participate in the meeting. Zelensky’s in-person participation seemed more in flux Saturday morning in Japan, leaving open the possibility he could ultimately join only virtually.

President Joe Biden plans to announce a new military aid package worth hundreds of millions of dollars during this weekend’s G7 summit in Japan, officials familiar with the matter said.īiden was expected to unveil the $375 million package after world leaders heard from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who officials had earlier said would travel to the summit in person.
