President Donald Trump and Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, were supposed to meet on the sidelines of the Group of Seven leaders’ summit in Canada, one day after Trump complained that Russia should never have been removed from the organization.

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to depart the G7 Leaders' Summit late on June 16, ahead of an anticipated high-stakes meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky on June 17. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the depature comes as Trump is set to attend to "important matters.

Donald Trump's team says he is leaving the G7 summit in Canada early due to the conflict in the Middle East - but other world leaders intend to see the meeting through to the end