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Israel-Gaza war risks ‘distracting’ from Ukraine: Zelensky

Ukraine president says 'not the time' for elections
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that the violence engulfing Israel and Gaza risked distracting international attention from the war in his own country.

“There is a risk that international attention will turn away from Ukraine, and that will have consequences”, he said in an interview with the France 2 broadcaster.

The tragedies affecting his Ukraine and Israel “are different, but both are immense”, he said.

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