The leaders of three EU countries met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Tuesday evening in a show of European solidarity even as Russian shelling continued on residential neighbourhoods in the Ukrainian capital.
The trip by the prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia is the most high-profile visit to Kyiv since Russia invaded the country on February 24. In a video posted by Ukrainian officials online, Zelensky was shown giving the visiting leaders a briefing on the military and humanitarian situation in the country.
“Your visit to Kyiv at this difficult time for Ukraine is a powerful testimony of support,” Zelensky wrote in a note accompanying the video. “We really appreciate this.”