“Our cooperation with Italy is fundamental every day and we have never had any doubts about the strength of Italy’s decisions towards us regarding support for Ukraine,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said via video link to the European House Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio. “We would like to thank Italy for the political support it has given us and also the EU for supporting our candidacy and our commitment to ensuring the security of our country. I am sure that this is the time for strong decisions for our security and for Europe,” he added. Voting for the regional assembly and city councils of 16 municipalities has begun in the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region. Kiev’s appeal to Ukrainians: “Don’t vote.” Chinese leader Xi may not attend the G20 summit in India as a number of political issues, especially economic ones, worry him. Just today, Fitch cut its estimates for China’s 2023 GDP from 5.6% to 4.8%, but there are also international tensions. Putin will also be absent from the G20 summit.
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