Foreign leaders visit Ukraine to show their support on war's third anniversary

Описание: (24 Feb 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv, Ukraine - 24 February 2025
1. Various of Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arriving
2. Spain's President Pedro Sanchez arriving
3. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa arriving off the train and leaving, surrounded by officials and media
4. Latvia's President Edgars Rinkevics arriving off the train
5. Lithuania's Prime Minister Gitanas Nausėda arriving
6. Estonia's Prime Minister Kristen Michal arriving
7. Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen arriving
8. Prime Minister of Iceland Kristrun Frostadottir arriving
9. Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre arriving
10. Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson arriving
11. Finland's President Alexander Stubb arriving
STORYLINE:
A dozen leaders from Europe and Canada visited Ukraine's capital Monday to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion in a show of support for Kyiv by some of the nation at war's most important backers.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were among the visitors greeted at the train station by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and the president's chief of staff Andrii Yermak.

The guests, also including European Council President Antonio Costa as well as the prime ministers of Northern European countries and Spain, were set to attend events dedicated to the anniversary and discuss supporting Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid a recent U.S. policy shift under President Donald Trump.

In the latest sign of Europe's efforts to rework its strategy on Ukraine to respond to Trump's actions, Costa on Sunday announced that he would convene an emergency summit of the 27 EU leaders in Brussels on March 6, with Ukraine at the top of the agenda.

AP video shot by Alex Babenko

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