At the G7 summit, Trump said excluding Russia in 2014 was a mistake that contributed to the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

US President Donald Trump has told the G7 summit that Russia's exclusion from the G8 in 2014 was a big mistake, suggesting that if Russia had remained in the group, the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 would not have happened. While acknowledging that now is not the time to readmit Russia, Trump emphasized the negative impact of the exclusion on international relations. In the context of the discussions about EU sanctions against Russia, the Kremlin argued that the exclusion was a mistake, but felt that the G7 had lost significance for Russia.