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Nicholas Cecil

Don’t ‘forget about our tragedy’ this Christmas, pleads Ukraine’s first lady

Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska meets Akshata Murty, PM Rishi Sunak's wife at Downing st on Monday

(Picture: REUTERS)

Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska pleaded with millions of people in Britain not to “forget about our tragedy” this Christmas as Vladimir Putin’s war continues to inflict death, destruction and suffering on her country.

Ahead of addressing Parliament on Tuesday afternoon, Mrs Zelenska issued the appeal and urged nations in the West to carry on delivering vital aid to combat Putin’s missiles onslaught on infrastructure in towns and cities which he has unleashed to seek to break the resolve of the Ukrainian people and government.

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