US president said Ukraine war would not have happened if Moscow had not been thrown out in 2014 over Crimea

Comments from US president are likely to infuriate Ukraine and other European allies who have sought to isolate Moscow diplomatically

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

Trump said there “wouldn’t be a war right now” between Russia and Ukraine if Russia was part of the G7.

Speaking at G7 summit in Canada, US president also said he will not sign joint statement calling for de-escalation of Israel-Iran conflict.

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

US president said Ukraine war would not have happened if Moscow had not been thrown out in 2014 over Crimea

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…

US president lobbying G7 leaders for Russia to be readmitted to global grouping – key US politics stories from Monday 16 June

President Trump opened his remarks at the Group of 7 gathering of industrialized nations by criticizing the decision to expel Russia from the bloc after Moscow’s 2014 “annexation”…

Fact checks flowed online after the president made claims about Russia at the summit.