After meeting with Zelensky, they will visit Irpin.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made the first statements after arriving in Kyiv , where they plan to hold a joint meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“We will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky to go to the site of the fighting where the killings took place and hold scheduled meetings. This is the city of Irpin, “Macron told BFMTV after the train arrived in the Ukrainian capital.
The French leader also added that he wanted to” send a message of support and European unity to Ukrainians. “
“A message from the unit and the soutien of Ukraine”: the premiers of Emmanuel Macron's arrival in Kiev pic.twitter.com/Hqca3oEHNr
– BFMTV (@BFMTV) June 16, 2022
In turn, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who arrived in Kyiv with Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, has publicly promised to help Ukraine “as much as it takes.”
We also want to make sure that the assistance we organize: financial, humanitarian, but also in the field of armaments, will continue, “he said in a comment to Bild.
independence, “Scholz said.
A press conference with the participation of Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Marco Draghi is scheduled for 14:00 as part of the delegation's visit to Ukraine.
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This is the first visit by three leaders to Kyiv since the start of a full-scale Russian invasion. For a long time, they refused to have a personal meeting with Vladimir Zelensky, and even offered to “save Putin's face” in phone calls.
