Zelenskiy uses G7 summit to reach beyond the west for support

Ukraine's leader knows he needs to win over nonaligned countries such as Brazil and India to increase the pressure on Russia

Normally G7 summits are about battling for the free world comma by comma, as diplomats parse lengthy communiques of ephemeral significance long into the night. Words, after all, constitute much of a diplomat's work.

At the Hiroshima G7 some of the communiques emerging from the summit do matter, notably the toolbox on de-risking trade with China, but the true significance of the summit lay in Volodymyr Zelenskiy's scene-stealing visit courtesy of a ride in Emmanuel Macron's French aircraft.