ROME, August 24. /TASS/. The Coalition of the Willing has no exit strategy for the Ukrainian conflict and is doing its best to spill it into EU territory, reads a statement by the European Parliament faction of Italy’s opposition Five Star Movement, signed by its member Danilo Della Valle.

"The truth is that the so-called willing have no political strategy for exiting this conflict and are doing their best to bring the conflict directly to EU soil," the statement reads.

"Europe is becoming more and more willing to arm itself instead of engaging in diplomatic efforts," the European Parliament member added.

A number of members of the coalition of the willing convened in Kiev for a meeting to coincide with the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence.

Nearly 270 Ukrainian drones taken down over Russian regions during day

Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Crimea, the Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Smolensk, Tula, Moscow, and Krasnodar Regions, and the Black Sea, he Russian defense ministry said

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