The US president had been due to meet at the G7 summit in Canada with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, with whom he has had a volatile relationship, but flew back to Monday over the Israel-Iran conflict.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed Zelensky and announced Can$2 billion ($1.47bn) of military support, including drones and helicopters, for Ukraine.
But the Group of Seven summit was unable to issue a joint statement on Ukraine as “the Americans wanted to water it down,“ a Canadian official said on condition of anonymity.
“That is not the position that we take, and the other six countries who have also agreed to put strong language in that declaration,“ she said.
In Washington, the State Department separately condemned the Russian strikes and offered condolences to the victims’ families.
Carney also joined Britain in tightening sanctions on Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of ships used to circumvent international sanctions on its oil sales.
US lawmakers have drafted a package of new sanctions on Russia but Trump has been hesitant to give his support, saying he wants to preserve relations with Putin, whom he spoke to by telephone on the eve of the G7 summit.
Zelensky, his voice choked with emotion, told Carney that the latest Russian attack was a “big tragedy” and it showed the need for allies’ support -- and made clear that he still backed Trump-led calls for negotiations.
“We are ready for the peace negotiation -- unconditional ceasefire. For this we need pressure.”
“It shows the complete cynicism of President Putin,“ Macron told reporters at the summit.
The G7 -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States -- was holding its first summit since the return to power of Trump, who openly questions longstanding US alliances.
Trump has vowed to slap sweeping tariffs on friends and foes alike on July 9, although he has postponed them once.
“We’re either going to make a good deal or they’ll just pay whatever we say they will pay,“ he said.
Trump’s negotiators have already sealed a deal with Britain and, outside of the G7, reached an agreement to lower tariffs with rival China.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he had “frank” discussions with Trump on Monday but made clear the importance of automobile exports to the world’s second-largest developed economy.
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