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Some NATO member states are opposed, however. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that "for Italy, it is impossible to use our weapons outside of Ukraine".
Zelensky denounced recent Russian hybrid warfare attacks on Baltic countries, stating, "Russia is preparing provocations in the Baltic region. Only together can we stop the madness from Moscow."
According to President Zelensky, soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard, border guards, and four civilians have returned from Russian captivity.
Parliament’s deputy speaker documented the number of children killed or missing in the conflict, along with nearly 20,000 taken away to Russia, according to Ukrainian government figures.
China briefed diplomats this week that unmet conditions included recognition by both Russia and Ukraine, equal participation from all parties, and fair discussion of all proposals.
Had the defenders of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol not pinned the Russians down for nearly three months, much of eastern Ukraine would have been overrun. Many are still in captivity.
South Korea accuses Pyongyang of sending thousands of containers of munitions to Russia, which would violate rafts of United Nations sanctions on both countries.
Due to the strikes, a five-story residential building was partially destroyed, a sewing workshop and a shop were damaged, and numerous residential buildings sustained damage.
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