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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for Western allies to shoot down Russian missiles and drones over Ukrainian territory. At a European Political Community (EPC) summit in Blenheim Palace near Oxford, Scholz said such a move – as well as Zelensky’s request for the lifting of restrictions on Kiev’s use of Western weapons on Russian territory – was “out of the question.” Zelensky had earlier asked Western powers to protect Ukrainian airspace, as they did Israel’s when Iran launched a massive missile and drone attack in April. “There m…

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