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Emmanuel Macron is come by train in Ukraine, Thursday June 16, with the Chancellor German and the head of the Italian government. This visit by the European trio comes as the war in Ukraine is in its 113th day. The President of the Republic went to Irpin before his meeting with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
Long awaited, often heralded. Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Ukraine, accompanied from Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghibegan Thursday, June 16. First stage : at Irpinin the suburbs of kyiv, the martyr city where hundreds of civilians were you are. For his first visit to a country at war, Emmanuel Macron seemed moved. “You have to imagine the heroism of the army and also of the population. Besides that, you also have traces, the stigmata of barbarism”, has testified the head of state.
The trip lasted for almost ten hours, from the Polish border to kyiv, under high security. In a specially equipped wagon, the three politicians took stock of the situation until 2 am. In kyiv, Emmanuel Macron will find his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. A working lunch is planned, with the subject of the entry of Ukraine on the menu in the European Union.