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Von der Leyen ‘shocked and appalled' by Russia’s mass strike on Ukraine

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned Russia’s multiple missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, adding that the EU will continue supporting Ukraine as long as it takes.

“Putin’s Russia has again shown the world what it stands for: brutality and terror,” she said in an appearance in the Estonian city of Narva on the Russian border alongside Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.

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U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks come after the Financial Times (FT) reported, citing undisclosed sources, that he asked President Volodymyr Zelensky whether Kyiv could strike Moscow or St. Petersburg if provided with long-range U.S. weapons.

"The stolen data includes confidential questionnaires of the company's employees, and most importantly, full technical documentation on the production of drones, which was handed over to the relevant specialists of the Ukrainian Defense Forces," a source in Ukraine's military intelligence told the Kyiv Independent.

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