MILAN, June 13 (Reuters) - Wheat production in Italy is estimated to fall 15% this year due to a drought that has cut yields across the country, agricultural lobby Coldiretti said in a statement on Monday.

An expected lower wheat crop in western Europe, including Italy, adds pressure to already strained global supply owing to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has boosted prices because both countries are major wheat producers.

Coldiretti estimated that this year's wheat harvest would be around 6.5 billion kilogrammes at a national level on a total surface area of 1.71 million hectares cultivated for both durum and soft wheat.

(Reporting by Agnieszka Flak; Editing by Edmund Blair)

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