Sunak meets Zelenskyy at G7 summit as hopes rise of Ukraine getting fighter jets

Zelenskyy is on course to receive the boost of being donated advanced fighter jets after US president Joe Biden authorised western allies to transfer them to Kyiv

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky meet at the Grand Prince Hotel during the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Rishi Sunak has met Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the G7 summit in Hiroshima after the Ukrainian president closed in on obtaining the F-16 fighter jets he wants to fight off Russia.

“Good to see you,” the Mr Sunak said, slapping him on the back after they greeted each other with an embrace. “You made it.”