The leaders of the G7 countries, including the UK, France, the United States, Canada, Germany, Japan and Italy, met virtually with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinsky on Sunday night.

The virtual meeting was aimed at coordinating Western actions against Russia.

Iran PressEurope: Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western countries have sharply increased sanctions and pressure on Russia.

After a virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the G7 leaders announced that pressure on Russia would increase.

The G7 leaders also announced that they would gradually suspend or ban oil imports from Russia.

Following the meeting, Britain and Canada announced new sanctions against Russia.

At the end of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit to Ukraine, the Canadian government announced that it had placed 40 Russians on its sanctions list, including 19 in the military and defense sectors and five in Russia.

The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau traveled to Ukraine on Sunday to express his solidarity with Volodymyr Zelensky.

The US government has announced that it has imposed sanctions on eight executives of Sberbank, which holds one-third of Russia's total banking assets, and 27 officials of Russia's Gazprombank, which is implementing a new gas payment mechanism for European buyers. 219