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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warns European leaders that Russia's Vladimir Putin would exploit any failure to agree to launch his country's EU membership talks. "People in Europe won't see any benefit if Moscow receives a pass from Brussels in the form of negativity towards Ukraine. Putin will surely use this against you personally and against all of Europe," Zelensky tells an EU summit by videolink. SOUNDBITE ++ TEXT 347R2JH
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warns Moscow not to use the alleged drone attack that it said targeted the Kremlin to escalate its war in Ukraine. "We call on Russia not to use this alleged attack as an excuse to continue the escalation of the war," Borrell tells journalists in Brussels as he attends an EU ministers meeting. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denies Moscow's claims that Kyiv attempted to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin, after Russia claimed two drones were shot down at the Kremlin. "We didn't attack Putin or Moscow. We fight on our territory, we are defending our villages and cities," Zelensky tells reporters at a joint press conference with Nordic leaders in Helsinki. SOUNDBITE
Images of badly damaged buildings and rescue teams in the aftermath of a Russian drone strike that hit a vocational school, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Kyiv. The military administration of Kyiv region said three people were killed and seven injured. IMAGES
Days after the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky ordered the estimated 200,000 people to evacuate from the front line region of Donetsk, evacuees arrive in the city of Kropyvnytsky in the Kirovograd Region in central Ukraine. IMAGES
An unoccupied school building in the town of Bakhmut, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, lies in ruins after being shelled on Wednesday morning. No injuries or deaths were reported. IMAGES