Volodymyr Zelensky’s first visit to Paris since the start of the conflict

The stakes of Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Paris on Wednesday February 8 are clear: weapons, and quickly. “Volodymyr Zelensky more specifically wants Westerners to deliver fighter jets to Ukraine. ‘By definition, nothing is excluded’, Emmanuel Macron said a few days ago”reports Guillaume Daret, from the Élysée. “Words which obviously resonated particularly with the Ukrainian president”says the journalist.

Ukrainian president will travel to Brussels on Thursday

The visit is highly symbolic, it is indeed “the first time since the start of the Russian invasion that Volodymyr Zelensky has come to France. A meeting to which Emmanuel Macron wished to associate German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who will therefore also be present here this evening”says Guillaume Daret. “Paris marks the second stage of this European tour of the Ukrainian president”, who was in London earlier today, where he met British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and King Charles III. He will head to Brussels (Belgium) on Thursday to attend the European summit.