KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he planned to attend the Group of Seven summit in Canada next week and hoped to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the meeting.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he hoped to press his US counterpart Donald Trump at the G7 summit this weekend to step up sanctions against Russia, as peace talks between the warring sides stall.

There is broad acknowledgment of the wide gulf separating the U.S. from the other members. Instead of a single document, the leaders are likely to release standalone joint statements on various topics.