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France gathers Ukraine's allies to boost resistance to Russia

Countries allied with Ukraine in its war with Russia are meeting on Monday to reaffirm support for Kyiv and discuss how to pressure Moscow to halt its invasion, in talks held symbolically on Ukraine's independence day. French President Emmanuel Macron will co-chair the gathering of the so-called "Coalition of the Willing" via video link.

France gathers Ukraine's allies to boost resistance to Russia

Countries allied with Ukraine are meeting to reaffirm support for Kyiv and discuss ways to pressure Moscow to halt its invasion. The gathering, co-chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron via video link, takes place on Ukraine's independence day.

Ukraine has been targeting Russian economic sites with drone attacks. According to Ozon, a Russian e-commerce giant, a major fire was burning at one of its logistics centres in the southern Krasnodar region after a drone attack on Monday. This follows similar attacks on its logistics hubs in the Orenburg and Samara regions on Sunday and the previous day, respectively.

Ozon reported that operations at the warehouse in Orenburg are currently suspended, and an unspecified number of workers were wounded in the Samara region attack, as per CBS News.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia plans to draft 300,000 more troops into the fight as the invasion continues.

Brief written by urgent.news from RFI English, Free Malaysia Today, CBS News — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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