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Describing the conversation as “frank and productive,” he tweeted on Wednesday that the urgent operational needs of the Ukrainian Army were on the agenda.

Reznikov, who arrived in France on Tuesday for a two-day visit, thanked Macron and the French people for their support for Ukraine, Xinhua news agency reported.

In a separate tweet, the Minister said he signed a memorandum with French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu and the Thales Group on the supply of MG-200 radars for Ukrainian air defenders.

The radars, Reznikov added, will help the Ukrainian military to spot enemy drones and missiles, including ballistic missiles.

The central bank hiked rates by a quarter percentage point, marking the eighth time the Fed has raised rates since it began tightening in March last year.

“Inflation has eased somewhat but remains elevated,” the Fed said in a statement.

The Fed is engaged in the most aggressive rate hike cycle in many years, in a bid to quell the worst inflation in four decades, Xinhua news agency reported.

Last year, the US central bank implemented four rate increases of 75 basis points.

During the talks on Wednesday, Zelensky and Van der Bellen talked about energy, economic and humanitarian cooperation between the two countries, and the development of Ukrainian communities.

“We have also discussed the issues of our political cooperation in Europe and other international platforms,” the Ukrainian President told reporters after the talks.

Net-zero industries are most important in the fight against climate change, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday when presenting the Green Deal Industrial Plan.

The plan is built on four pillars: a conducive regulatory environment for the net-zero industries, national and EU funding, ensuring proper skills for the green transition and an ambitious trade agenda, Xinhua news agency reported.

It is designed to ease restrictions on state aid and unlock huge private financing for clean-tech production in the EU.

To that end, the European Commission will have to consult with EU countries to amend the current state aid framework, including increasing notification thresholds for the support of green investments.

The company added that it already fulfils a majority of the domestic demand in India through local manufacturing at the Noida factory.

Now, the newly-launched Galaxy S23 series — Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 — will also be manufactured locally.

Samsung inaugurated the world’s largest mobile factory in Noida in 2018, with the vision to make India a global manufacturing hub.

The factory was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Samsung also set up the world’s largest mobile experience centre at the iconic Opera House in Bengaluru.

The rocket triggered sirens in the southern city of Sderot and in communities near the besieged Palestinian enclave, an Israeli military spokesperson said in a statement.

No injuries have been reported so far, Xinhua news agency reported. The firing of the rocket came amid surging violence between Israelis and Palestinians, mainly in the occupied West Bank.