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(From left to right) Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo speak at a joint press conference during a visit to Ukraine on the second anniversary of the start of the conflict with Russia. Photo: dpa
(From left to right) Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo speak at a joint press conference during a visit to Ukraine on the second anniversary of the start of the conflict with Russia. Photo: dpa

European leaders in Kyiv pledge to back Ukraine on war anniversary

KYIV, (Reuters) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen vowed that Europe would back Ukraine until it was “finally free” as she and three other Western leaders arrived in Kyiv to show solidarity on the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Employees walk past the blast furnace "Rossiyanka" at the Novolipetsk (NLMK) steel mill in Lipetsk, about 500 km (311 miles) southeast of the capital Moscow, January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Andrey Kuzmin/File photo
Employees walk past the blast furnace “Rossiyanka” at the Novolipetsk (NLMK) steel mill in Lipetsk, about 500 km (311 miles) southeast of the capital Moscow, January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Andrey Kuzmin/File photo

Ukraine says it struck big Russian steel plant on invasion anniversary

(Reuters) – Ukrainian drones hit a major Russian steel factory overnight, causing a large fire, a Kyiv source said today, the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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