Kyiv, Ukraine – A dozen leaders from Europe and Canada visited the capital of Ukraine on Monday to celebrate the third anniversary Russian invasion In the demonstration of the constant support of some of Kiev's most important supporters.
The visitors were met at the railway station by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrei Sibikh and Presidential Chief Andri Ermak. The visitors include the President of the European Commission Ursul von der Leyen and the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudu.
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In a report on X, von der Leyen wrote that Europe was in Kiev “because Ukraine is in Europe.”
“Not only the fate of Ukraine, which goes to the map, stands in this struggle. This is the fate of Europe,” she wrote.
Guests, including the President of the European Council Antonio Costa, as well as the Prime Ministers of the North -European countries and Spain, were appointed to participate in the anniversary events and discussed the support of Ukraine with President Valodimir Zelensky amid a recent Change Policy in the US under President Trump.
In the latest signs of Europe's efforts to recycle its strategy in Ukraine to respond to Mr. Trump's actions, Costa announced on Sunday that he would convene an emergency summit of 27 EU leaders in Brussels on March 6, and Ukraine at the top of the top of the agenda.
“We live a defining moment for Ukraine and European security,” Costa said in social media.
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The three-year sign of the war in Ukraine came at a tangible moment for Kiev, as Zelenskyy moves with a rapidly changing international environment in the US politics Mr. Trump.
US leader sought to follow his company promises to end the war quickly, although his methods were disturbed by many in Ukraine and Europe, who believe his approach is Too ringing to Russia And his President Vladimir Putin.
Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that Preparing for a meeting face to face Mr. Trump and Putin They went, and US officials acknowledged that they agreed with Moscow to restore diplomatic relations and restart economic cooperation.
And on Sunday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Rabakov told the TASS state agency that Moscow and Washington would continue bilateral talks at the end of next week, adding that “quite a lot of contacts” continues between Russian and US parties.
EU leaders, fearing both that Mr. Trump's approach to Ukraine will lead to an unfavorable settlement for Kiev, and that they – some of Ukraine's most important supporters – will be postponed to peace, would rush their own response to their own response to the rapidly moving environment.
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The UK is expected to announce new sanctions against Russia on Monday, and earlier they called them the largest package since the first days of the war. Foreign Minister David Lami said on Sunday that the measures would be directed to the destruction of “Russia's military vehicle and reducing the income that is inciting fires in Ukraine.”
This week, British Prime Minister Kire Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron visited Washington when Europe tries to persuade Mr. Trump not to abandon Ukraine in search of a peaceful deal.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Air Defense reduced 113 drones launched by Russia in 12 regions overnight, 71 more “lost”, according to the Daily Air Force report.
The report states that as a result of the attack, the regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa, Kyiv and Khmelnytskyi “suffered” but did not provide more information.
Russia launched a record 267 drone to Ukraine very early on Sunday, destroying the infrastructure and killing at least 3 people a day before the world to celebrate Moscow's third year.
said Zelensky social media It was “the biggest attack, as Iranian drones began to beat Ukrainian cities and villages.”
Ukraine's air force stated that 138 drones were beaten by more than 13 Ukrainian regions, and 119 was still lost on their goals.