{"id":1517849,"date":"2024-02-24T16:10:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T16:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/ukraine-italy-sign-bilateral-security-agreement\/32833717.html"},"modified":"2024-02-24T16:10:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T16:10:52","slug":"ukraine-and-italy-sign-bilateral-security-agreement-zelenskiy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/02\/24\/ukraine-and-italy-sign-bilateral-security-agreement-zelenskiy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine And Italy Sign Bilateral Security Agreement, Zelenskiy Says"},"content":{"rendered":"
EU and other Western leaders and dignitaries arrived in Kyiv early on February 24 eager to send a defiant message on the second anniversary of Russia's launch of its all-out invasion of Ukraine, while Moscow sought to capitalize on its recent gains by announcing a visit by Russia's defense minister to occupied Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zeleinskiy told his countrymen in a recorded video address<\/a><\/strong> from a Kyiv-area airport that was a scene of intense fighting early in the invasion that two years of bitter fighting means \"we are 730 days closer to victory.\" <\/p>Live Briefing: Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine<\/h3>\n