President Zelenskyy touched down in Japan Saturday for diplomatic talks with the leaders of the seven industrial nations. “Peace will become closer today,” Zelenskyy tweeted upon his arrival.
Also on the agenda is a tour of a Hiroshima museum dedicated to the atomic bomb attack that leveled the city at the end of. The visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum will likely have special resonance for Zelenskyy, whose small country is at war with a nuclear-armed power.
“Over the past few months, we and our allies and partners have really focused on providing Ukraine with the systems, weapons and training that it needs to be able to conduct effective offensive operations this spring and summer,” Sullivan said.
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