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Kaja Kallas addressed the European Parliament to press the argument that European Union support for Ukraine is urgently necessary, with Russia's escalating war of aggression as the stated basis for that urgency.
The address brought the question of EU commitment to Ukraine directly before the bloc's legislators. Kallas's appeal centered on the intensification of Russia's campaign.
The war's escalation, in her framing, elevates the stakes for the union's response beyond the ordinary pace of political deliberation.
The next step to watch is whether the Parliament moves toward a formal position or concrete measure in the wake of the session.
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