War in Ukraine: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, on a field visit

The serious faceUrsula vwe der Ieye meditates before the victims of the massacre of Butcha (Ukraine). Friday, April 8, six days after the macabre discovery of dozens of civilians killed, the President of the European Commission wanted to come to Ukraine to denounce the crimes committed during the war. “In Boutcha, we saw humanity reduced to nothing. The whole world shares the mourning of these inhabitants”she said.

Ursula Vonder Ieye then went to Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, to meet President Zelensky and assure him of the support of the European Union. Thusday April 7, the 27 validated new sanctions against Russia: embargo on coal, ban on Russian ships from coming to European ports and freezing of assets for four new banks. There is still no embargo on oil and gas, because Germany and Hungary oppose it. At the same time, the EU is organizing to deliver new weapons to Ukraine.