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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg calls Russia's 'heavy losses' in the Black Sea a 'great victory' for Ukraine, after Kyiv said it had destroyed another Russian warship in the key battleground. SOUNDBITE
During a press conference on his two-day state visit to Sweden, French President Emmanuel Macron says that "the cost of a Russian victory is too high for all of us" and that Europe must support Ukraine "whatever it takes, whatever it costs." SOUNDBITE
On a surprise visit to Finland to participate in a summit gathering the leaders of the five Nordic nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he believes "that this year will be decisive for us, for Ukraine, for Europe, decisive for victory". Zelensky's remarks come at a press conference with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto, whose country became NATO's newest member in April in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
"Brutality will never grind down the will of the free. And Ukraine... Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia" says US President, Joe Biden, speaking to a crowd gathered outside Warsaw's Royal Castle. Biden's address comes after he visited Kyiv earlier in the week, ahead of the conflict's first anniversary. SOUNDBITE
EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says Russia 'must pay and must be held accountable' for the war in Ukraine. 'For us it's important that we have the political will to make Russia pay for what it did to Ukraine', at the end of a Ukraine-EU summit in Kyiv. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says he is waiting to see how Russia's withdrawal from Kherson plays out, but if confirmed, it would be "another victory for Ukraine". The comment was made after a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. SOUNDBITE
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