UPDATE
n 24 February, in addition to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the prime ministers of Italy, Canada and Belgium arrived in Kyiv to demonstrate solidarity with Ukraine on the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Later on Saturday, Meloni plans to hold a video conference of the G7 leaders, where Italy currently holds the presidency, from Kyiv, and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be invited to the meeting.
President Zelenskiy said today 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion two years ago, giving the first official figure for more than a year.
Zelenskiy told a news conference in Kyiv that he would not disclose the number of wounded because it would help Russian military planning.
β31,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in this war. Not 300,000, not 150,000 ... Putin is lying there ... But nevertheless, this is a big loss for us.β