G7 leaders on Wednesday hailed a newly-found unity on increasing pressure on Russia to end its war against Ukraine, sensing a shift by President Donald Trump to take a tougher line against Moscow. The three-day meeting of the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States has focused intensely on Trump’s deal to end the war with Iran and efforts to pressure Russia into brokering peace with Ukraine through ramped up sanctions.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. In contrast to last year’s G7, when Trump walked out early, the leaders agreed on a final statement involving key geopolitical issues including Ukraine and Russia. “It was tough work but worth it,” said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, describing the statement as a “success”. As well as increasing supplies of air defense equipment to Ukraine more than four years into the war launched by Russia, the leaders agreed to “increase the pressure on the Russian war economy” by strengthening sanctions, including on Moscow’s fossil fuel revenues, the statement said. President Emmanuel Macron hailed a “very deep change in the US approach” towards Ukraine, saying Trump had understood that Russian President Vladimir Putin was not interested in peace. “President Trump, like all of us, simply acknowledged that there was no serious willingness on Russia’s part today to discuss peace.”