Scholz, Macron and Draghi vow support for Ukraine’s EU bid on Kyiv visit
by Pjotr Sauer from World news | The Guardian on (#60E0E)
Symbolic visit of German, French and Italian leaders comes as Russia continues attacks across country
The leaders of France, Germany and Italy have vowed to support Ukraine's bid to join the European Union on a visit to Kyiv intended as a show of unity in the face of Russian advances and complaints from the Ukrainians about the pace of weapons supplies.
My colleagues and I came here to Kyiv today with a clear message: Ukraine belongs to the European family'," the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said at a joint press conference with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, Italian prime minister, Mario Draghi, Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and Romanian president, Klaus Iohannis.
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