Dutch PM Rutte on a visit to Brazil says his country will continue to support Ukraine while Brazil's leader Lula insists peace talks are needed to stop the fighting — now in its 442nd day Follow our live coverage👇
Ukrainian service members from a 110th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fire a self-propelled howitzer "Dana" near the town of Avdiivka / Photo: ReutersDutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has discussed the fighting in Ukraine with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and said there should be no concessions that affect Ukrainian sovereignty.
"The Netherlands will support Ukraine as long as necessary," the prime minister said at a news conference after meeting with Lula. Lula said his foreign policy advisor Celso Amorim, who visited Moscow last month and met Russian leader Vladimir Putin, arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Arman Soldin, 32, was with a team of AFP journalists traveling with Ukrainian soldiers when the group came under fire with Grad rockets, the agency said. The rest of the AFP team was uninjured.
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