French president, Emmanuel Macronand the heads of government of Germany and the United Kingdom, Friedrich Merz y Keir Starmerthey arrived this Saturday at Kiev on a joint visit to exhibit your support for Ukraine and claim a high fire to Russia.
The three leaders arrived on the same train to the Ukrainian capital and they already joined in Kiev The Polish Prime Minister Donald Tuskand then meet with the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskithe Afp.
Macron He has asked for “direct conversations” between Ukraine and Russia, within the framework of the 30 -day fire that the United States, Ukraine and Europeans demand Moscowhe said in an interview to the French chains TF1 y LCI.
In case there is a 30 -day truce, Macron expressed his willingness to help to be “direct conversations between Ukraine y Russia”He declared in the interview conducted on the train on the way to the Ukrainian capital. Yeah Moscow The fire does not accept, “there will be additional sanctions (…) much harder,” warned the French president.
In the same way, he spoke, in an interview with Bildthe German Chancellor Friedrich Merzwho threatened Moscow with “a massive hardening of sanctions” if the Russian president Vladimir Putin Reject the truce.
-The heads of state or government of France, United Kingdom, Germany y Poland They paid in Kiev Tribute to the Ukrainian fallen in the war with Russia.
Tusk de Poland, Starmer from the United Kingdom, Macron de France and Merz from Germany in kyiv with Zelenski (2025)Ludovic Marin / AFP
The act took place in the Plaza del Main from the Ukrainian capital, where the aforementioned leaders visited the small garden full of Ukrainian flags and other countries that represent all Ukrainian and foreign soldiers who died fighting the Russian forces that invaded Ukraine February 24, 2022.
«We have honored the memory of the combatants who gave their lives for our freedom, for the independence of Ukraine», He wrote in his account of Telegram Greenerywhich also published a video of the moment when the leaders who participated in the tribute left some candles next to the flags reminiscent of the fallen.
Russian first reactions
European leaders who visit Ukraine This Saturday they seek “to continue a war already lost,” said the Russian senator, Alexéi pushkov: «Macron, Merz y Starr They are in Kiev. They want to continue an already lost war, ”he wrote in Telegram PushkovChief of the Senate commission Russian about informative policy.
