The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania arrived in Kyiv on Thursday in a show of collective European support for Ukraine, marking the highest-profile visit to the war-torn nation’s capital since Russia invaded
French President Emmanuel Macron said massacres and war crimes had been committed by Russian forces in Irpin, as he and other European leaders visited the town on Thursday before a meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Macron denounced the the attacks that devastated the town and praised the courage of residents of Irpin and other Kyiv region towns who held back Russians forces from attacking the capital.
The European leaders were expected to meet with Zelensky. The economies of France, Germany and Italy are the three largest in the European Union. Hopes were high among Ukrainians that the visit could mark a turning point by opening the way to significant new arms supplies. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, left, welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron at the Kyiv train station.On Tuesday, during a trip to Ukraine’s neighbours Romania and Moldova, Macron said a “message of support” must be sent to Ukraine before EU heads of state and government “have to make important decisions” at their Brussels meeting.
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