Many Heads of State and Government are going to Ukraine in the coming days to support Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Westerners are rushing to support Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky, thehe Ukrainian president on Tuesday (February 1st) welcomed diplomatic and military support for his country in the face of fears of a Russian attack. It’s about “most important” according to him since 2014, the year of the last Russian offensive against Ukraine, while several leaders are expected in Kiev during the week. “Such an intensity of visits is an important factor in stabilizing the situation”he explained to Parliament.
The British Prime Ministers are expected in Kiev on Tuesday; Boris Johnson; and Polish, Mateusz Morawiecki. They are to be followed later in the week by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Next week five foreign ministers from European countries are expected there, including the French and the German.
After a pro-Western revolution in Kiev, Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine in 2014. Russia is accused by the West of having massed tens of thousands of soldiers on the border of its neighbor in anticipation of a possible invasion. Moscow denies any bellicose intentions, but conditions the de-escalation on a list of requirements, necessary according to it to guarantee its security, in particular the assurance that Ukraine will never be a member of NATO and that the Alliance withdraws its men on its 1997 positions.