The latest developments in the war in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that French leader Emmanuel Macron is trying "in vain" to have a constructive dialogue with Russian President Putin, according to an interview transcript released by Kyiv Friday.

"We must not look for a way out for Russia, and Macron is doing it in vain"

Zelensky told Italian television Rai 1, according to the Ukrainian president's Telegram channel.

"I know he wanted to get results from mediation between Russia and Ukraine, but he didn't get any," Zelensky said. 

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba calls on the major industrialised nations to seize and hand over Russian assets to help with rebuilding his war-torn country, as he meets the G7 club.

And he warns any omission of an embargo on Russian oil in the EU's next sanctions package, due to opposition from Hungary, would spell the end of the bloc's unity, calling it a "critical moment".

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell pledges an extra 500 million euros ($520 million) in military aid for Ukraine at the G7 meeting.

The extra cash will raise the EU's total military aid for Ukraine to two billion euros, he says.

Britain sanctions 12 members of Putin's "inner circle", accusing them of hiding tens of billions of dollars on his behalf.

The list includes Putin's ex-wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya and Alina Kabaeva, a former Olympic gymnast whom UK officials described as his "current partner", as well as Kabaeva's grandmother Anna Zatseplina.