Von der Leyen and Borrell travel to Ukraine to meet

Von der Leyen and Borrell travel to Ukraine to meet Zelenskyy

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell are traveling to the Ukrainian capital Kiev this week to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

This was also announced by the spokesperson for the head of the commission, Eric Mamer, on Twitter. After that, the EU leader and the Spaniard wanted to participate in a solidarity event with Ukraine on the Saturday after Warsaw, Mamer wrote.

On March 15, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, his deputy Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa traveled to Ukraine by train. You spoke with President Selenskyj in Kiev.

On Monday in Bucha, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also accused former German Chancellor Angela Merkel of her pro-Russian policies.

Because of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Morawiecki and his colleagues are calling for tougher EU sanctions against Russia and an end to Russian gas supplies to the EU, which Germany and other EU countries have so far rejected.