Tensions erupted at the G7 summit after Donald Trump sensationally claimed that expelling Russia from the group in 2014 was a 'big mistake' and even blamed it for Vladimir Putin 's invasion of Ukraine.

E' stato un errore cacciare la Russia dal G7: lo ha detto Donald Trump ai reporter nel bilaterale con il premier canadese Mark Carney. (ANSA)

"Vladimir Putin doesn't want to talk because he was very insulted when he got thrown out of the G8," the US president said

Russia was previously expelled from the summit after the annexation of Crimea in 2014