Day 450 of the Invasion of Ukraine: The G-7 group Officially Announced a New Round of Sanctions against Russia

Day 450 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• The G-7 group officially announced a new round of sanctions against Russia
• Zelensky landed in Saudi Arabia for the meeting of the Arab League
• Advisor to Zelensky: No one is discussing a "Korean scenario" or freezing the conflict
• A drone struck the railway in Crimea and stopped train traffic
• New airstrike in Ukraine, tenth attack on Kyiv in a month
• The Ukrainian army seizes the initiative in Bakhmut, nationalists criticize Prigozhin
• Zelensky will personally visit the G7 in Japan, the US will announce new sanctions
• UK announces ban on Russian diamonds
• Lithuanian MP: Russia will use foreign children as human shields against the Ukrainian offensive
• Kissinger: Ukraine should become a member of NATO. To protect Europe from it

The G-7 group officially announced a new round of sanctions against Russia

Leaders of the world's richest democracies agreed on Friday to tighten sanctions against Russia, while a draft communique to be issued after their talks in the Japanese city of Hiroshima stressed the need to reduce dependence on trade with China, Reuters reported.

The G7 officially announced a new round of sanctions against Russia, the group said in a statement released Friday.

"We will deprive Russia of G7 technology, industrial equipment and services that support its military machine," the group said after the end of a meeting of the leaders of the seven...