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Second anniversary of the Russian invasion / From Von der Leyen, Meloni and Trudeau, Western leaders gather in Kiev

2024-02-24 13:02:36Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Western leaders gather in Kiev

Four Western leaders arrived in Kiev on Saturday to express solidarity with Ukraine on the second anniversary of Russia's aggression, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives and devastated the country's economy.

The prime ministers of Italy, Canada and Belgium, Giorgia Meloni, Justin Trudeau and Alexander De Croo, traveled with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on a night train from neighboring Poland.

Their presence is meant to underline the West's commitment to helping Ukraine as it faces growing shortages of military supplies, affecting the battlefield where Moscow is boasting its victories.

Ms Von der Leyen wrote on social media platform X that she was in Kiev "to appreciate the extraordinary resistance of the Ukrainian people". She underlined that "more than ever, we stand firmly by Ukraine. Financially, economically, militarily, morally. Until the country is finally free".

Prime Minister Meloni and Prime Minister Trudeau are expected to sign security pacts with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during their brief stay, in line with recent multibillion-dollar deals with France and Germany.

However, $61 billion in aid promised by US President Joe Biden is being blocked by Republicans in Congress, casting a heavy shadow over Kiev's hopes of countering Russia's much larger and better equipped military. good.

President Biden will participate in a video conference of the leaders of the Group of Seven major democracies on Saturday, which will be chaired by Prime Minister Meloni, with the president invited to join the discussion.

Italy, which holds the next G7 presidency, organized the conference saying it was vital to challenge perceptions that the West is tired of the conflict and that Russia will win.

When Russian tanks and infantry crossed the border before dawn on February 24, 2022, Ukraine's 40 million residents defied expectations by holding them back and preventing a widely predicted defeat.

But as the war enters its third year, setbacks on the eastern front have left the Ukrainian military looking fragile.

Seeking to maintain Western focus on Ukraine even as the war between Israel and Hamas dominates the headlines, President Zelenskiy has warned that Russia, led by President Vladimir Putin, may not stop at Ukraine's borders if it emerges victorious.

President Putin dismisses such claims as nonsense. He sees the war as a wider clash with the United States, which the Kremlin elite says is bent on tearing Russia apart. The West sees the invasion as an unjustified act of aggression that must be repelled./ VOA


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