
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy opened a conference in Italy on rebuilding his war-battered country, as it comes under relentless ground and air attacks from Russia.
At the Rome gathering, the Ukrainian leader held a flurry of meetings on Thursday, including a video call with leaders from about 30 countries in the so-called “coalition of the willing“, as he sought to secure financing to bolster his country’s defences, which were this week strained by Russia’s largest missile and drone attack in more than three years of war.