PM Groysman insists on uniting efforts against Russia aggression – meeting with UN Sec Gen

Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman at his meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Kyiv July 9 has said that international efforts must be united in refuting Russian aggression, an UNIAN correspondent reports.

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"Today we have many challenges to face adequately. As you know, we are going through a difficult stage of restoring our territorial integrity, defending our state, our independence," Groysman said.

"In the 21st century we see that Russian aggression against Ukraine has to become the uniting factor in our joint efforts to halt the barbaric aggression,” said the Ukrainian Cabinet chief.

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