The President of Ukraine will pay an official visit to Warsaw on Wednesday, a Polish presidential official announced today.~
“This is an official visit”, but Volodymyr Zelensky “wants to meet Poles” and also “Ukrainians living in Poland”, declared the head of the international policy office, Marcin Przydacz, to private Polish radio RFM FM.
On March 23, the Ukrainian President again asked European leaders to supply long-range missiles and modern combat aircraft, in a videoconference intervention at the European Council in which he called for new sanctions on Moscow.
In his intervention, Zelensky warned the EU leaders, meeting in a summit in Brussels, of the risk of the war prolonging, if long-range missiles and modern combat aircraft are not provided, and thanked the military aid already sent since the beginning. of Russian aggression, on February 24, 2022.
The Ukrainian leader also called for the adoption of new sanctions against Russia (Brussels is already in its 10th package of restrictive measures), advances in Ukraine’s accession negotiations to the EU and progress in the peace process.
Several member states fear delivering weapons to Kiev that could escalate the conflict, despite the EU recognizing Ukraine’s right to defend itself.
Meanwhile, Slovakia has already sent four MIG-29 fighters and Poland has promised to deliver the same number, while the EU Council has approved funding of two million euros for the joint purchase of artillery ammunition from Ukraine.
