Rishi Sunak has called on Vladimir Putin to end the “barbaric” war in Ukraine in a hard-hitting G20 summit speech delivered while Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov listened on.

Addressing the opening session at the gathering in Bali, the Prime Minister urged Russian troops to “get out of Ukraine” and said the UK would stand by Kyiv “for as long as it takes”.

Mr Sunak also singled out the “weaponisation” of energy and food exports by the Kremlin, which he dubbed “totally unacceptable”.

A photograph from the meeting posted online by Number 10 showed Mr Sunak staring at Mr Lavrov, who is attending the gathering in Mr Putin’s place.

Mr Sunak said of Ukraine: “One man has the power to change all of this. It is notable that Putin didn’t feel able to join us here. Maybe if he had, we could get on with sorting things out.

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