France, May 19 -- G7 finance ministersare meeting in Germany on how tohelp Ukraine pay its bills, with reconstruction after the war,surging global inflation, climate change, supply chains and theimpending food crisis high on the agenda.

Finance ministers and central bank governors from the UnitedStates, Japan, Canada, Britain, Germany, France and Italy - theG7 - will hold talks in Germanythis Thursday and Fridayas Ukraine struggles to fend off Russia's invasion, launched on 24 February.

The Ukraine war is a game-changer for Western powers becauseit forces them to rethink decades-old relations with Russia - notonly in terms of security -but also in energy, food and globalsupply alliances.

According to one source: "Ukraine is overshadowi...