Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: “I began my visit to Italy by meeting with my Canadian friend Melanie Joly. I am grateful to Canada for its support, including its active role in returning Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia and assisting humanitarian mine clearance efforts. I updated Melanie on today's barbaric Russian strike on Chernihiv and its residential quarters, which, as of now, has claimed the lives of 17 innocent people. We discussed the next steps that the G7 countries can take to provide additional air defense systems to Ukraine from around the world. Tomorrow, at the G7 ministerial, we will meet with the countries and institutions that have the capacity to make it happen. It is high time”.