Rome, June 16, 2022 – On the 113th War in Ukraineto Kyiv for the first time has come Mario Draghi. The Prime Minister is in the Ukrainian capital today with the French President Emmanuel Macron and in German Olaf Scholz: The three guides left Medyka, Poland last night: the long train ride (10 hours) was the occasion for an overnight summit. Casual attire, water on the table, Draghi and his colleagues were photographed in friendly and informal attire. All of this happened between huge security structures, with special detachments and 007s stationed along the aisles of the carriages. The three were greeted byanti-aircraft alert: Shortly after arriving in the capital, the sirens rang for half an hour. The former president’s insults came from Russia Dmitry Medvedev (Kremlin boss from 2008 to 2012, Putin’s prime minister until 2020): “European fans of frogs, liverwurst and spaghetti” like to visit Kyiv “without benefit”.
Draghi, Macron and Scholz by train to Kyiv (Ansa)
The visit to Irpin
First stop in Ukraine for the EU delegation irpin, one of the symbolic sites of the Russian massacres, north of Kyiv. Draghi was received by Mayor Oleh Bondar and the head of the regional military administration in Kyiv, Oleksiy Kuleba. Soon after, Scholz and Macron joined him and together they toured a block blackened by bombs and flames. “You have the world by your side – the Italian Prime Minister told the local authorities -. All of this must be seen and known.” “Irpin is a place of destruction but also from Hope“He added. The Ukrainians” talked about the future. They are a people brought together by war who can do things they might not have been able to do before the war. Everything is rebuilt. You have already started. They are already at a very advanced stage of evaluation”.
The meeting with Zelenskyy
Draghi, Macron and Scholz then returned to Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy (with them also the Romanian President Klaus Yohannis) we are also waiting for the opinion of the EU Commission on the Application for Membership advanced from Kyiv. “A busy day, important meetings. It is my pleasure to meet President Macron, Chancellor Scholz, Prime Minister Draghi and President Iohannis in Kyiv. We appreciate your solidarity with our country and people,” wrote the President of Ukraine on his Telegram profile. The question on the table Military aid to the Ukrainians. Strongly asked from Kyiv. Only yesterday Zelenskyi overheard the American President on the phone Joe Biden, which secured him additional armaments supplies for a billion euros. The four leaders must also face the confrontation wheat crisis blocked in the Black Sea ports and on support in Kyiv for reconstruction.
The symbolic gesture of the heads of state and government of the founding countries of the EU follows the day after Xi JinPing’s call to Putinin which the Chinese leader officially pledged his support to the Kremlin (he “legitimately defends national interests”) but reserved the role of promoting a resolution to the conflict.
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“We came to convey a message of European unity to all Ukrainian citizens,” he said Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival at Kyiv railway station -. A message of support because the next few weeks will be very difficult.” For Macron, “Ukraine must resist and win.” According to a French diplomatic source quoted by CNN, France wants a “complete victory” for Kyiv with retaking control of it Crimea.
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Western sanctions “contribute to Russia possibly abandoning the operation and withdrawing its troops again. Because that is the goal”. Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with Bild after his arrival in Kyiv with Mario Draghi and Emmanuel Macron.