US President Barack Obama was attending the G7 summit in southern Germany today with a focus on violence in eastern Ukraine.
Due at the summit in the Bavarian mountains, Obama arrived in Germany last night and was set to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of the gathering of leaders from the seven most industrialised countries. The seven leaders will also discuss combating climate change, Isis (Islamic State) the Mediterranean migration problem and Ebola.
With Russian President Vladimir Putin absent, having been excluded from the G8 after Russia annexed Crimea in March 2014, the Obama Administration is calling for continued pressure on Moscow, accused of backing a separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine.