Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses, via videolink, the opening ceremony of the Council of Europe summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, May 16, 2023. Leaders from across the continent are laser-focused on holding Russia to account for its invasion of Ukraine and were poised to approve a system during their Council of Europe summit that would precisely establish the damages Moscow would have to pay to rebuild the nation.
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