Kyiv Hosts European Leaders in Unprecedented Joint Visit to Ukraine
Source: kyivpost.com
In a show of solidarity, four of Europe’s leaders are meeting in the Ukrainian capital to discuss how to push Moscow into an unconditional ceasefire already accepted by Ukraine.
by Kyiv Post | May 10, 2025, 8:46 am
President Volodymyr Zelensky will host leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Poland in Kyiv on Saturday. The Europeans are making an unprecedented joint visit to Ukraine for talks meant to increase pressure on Russia to accept a ceasefire.
The trip by French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is the first time the leaders of the four European nations have made a joint visit to Ukraine.
The symbolic show of European unity comes on the heels of Moscow’s May 9 Victory Day parade, marking 80 years since victory in World War II.
US President Donald Trump has proposed a 30-day unconditional ceasefire as a step to end the conflict. But Russian President Vladimir Putin has consistently found a way to sidestep any commitment to an unconditional ceasefire that would represent more than a token gesture to placate American wishes.....................
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🇫🇷🇬🇧🇵🇱🇩🇪 Macron, Starmer, Merz and Tusk arrived in Kyiv.
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Zelensky will host leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Poland in Kyiv on Saturday.
The Europeans are making an unprecedented joint visit to Ukraine for talks meant to increase pressure on Russia to accept a ceasefire.
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France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hold a trilateral meeting on board a train to Kyiv, in Shegyni, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP
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This is so good of them to do this!
Anton Gerashchenko
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Presidents Zelenskyy and Macron, PMs Starmer and Tusk, Chancellor Merz are in the center of #Kyiv talking to the locals.
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Presidents Zelenskyy and Macron, PMs Starmer and Tusk, Chancellor Merz are in the center of #Kyiv talking to the locals.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) 2025-05-10T17:12:46.303Z
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