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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Concern that Ukraine will be split up casts shadow over reconstruction talks

Volodymyr Zelenskyy looking to his left towards Giorgia Meloni in the foreground who is speaking into a microphone
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Giorgia Meloni at the Ukraine recovery conference in Rome on Thursday. Photograph: Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Ever-escalating Russian drone attacks and the concern that Ukraine will be split up under a future peace plan have cast a shadow over a meeting of European leaders to plan for the eventual reconstruction of the country.

The conference is the fourth in this format and is being attended by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Germany’s Friedrich Merz, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Poland’s Donald Tusk. It comes at a time of unprecedented pressure on the Ukrainian economy as Vladimir Putin widens his targets across Ukraine, deploying record numbers of long-range drones.

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