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'Ukraine needs Nato to send advanced heavy weapons'

Hundreds of people have been protesting against Nato ahead of a key summit in Madrid, Spain.

However, among them are those Daria Kaleniuk, a civil rights activist who is co-founder and executive director of the Anti-Corruption Action Center in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is protesting against Nato’s lack of presence in the Ukraine war and wants more Nato action.

She told Newsday: “Ukrainian people don’t want or need boots on the ground. We have Ukrainian soldiers…What we need are advanced heavy Nato weapons…fighter jets”. She believes fear is at play, warning “the fear of escalation is escalating itself”.

(Picture: People attend a protest against Nato ahead of a Nato summit to be held in Madrid from 29 to 30 June. Credit: EPA/J.J. Guillen)

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