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Zakharova's crude Rome tower jab backfires
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova escalated a diplomatic spat Monday by renewing criticism of Italy's support for Ukraine in response to the Italian Foreign Ministry summoning Russia's ambassador over her earlier crude remarks linking a historic Torre dei Conti tower's collapse in Rome to aid for Kyiv on Nov. 3.
4 November 2025, 02:12 PM