European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed Ukraine as 'the beating heart of today's European values' in a deeply symbolic visit to Kyiv on Tuesday as Russia marked its World War Two Victory Day.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands after a joint press conference, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 9, 2023. REUTERS/ Valentyn Ogirenko
"Our efforts for a united Europe, for security and peace, need to be as strong as Russia's desire to destroy our security, our freedom, our Europe," he told a joint news conference. Von der Leyen's trip fell on the day the EU celebrates as Europe Day, which Ukraine adopted as its own on Monday, underlining its ambition to join Western institutions after applying to join the EU last year following Russia's invasion.
"Ukraine is on the front line of the defense of everything we Europeans cherish: our liberty, our democracy, our freedom of thought and speech. Courageously, Ukraine is fighting for the ideals of Europe that we celebrate today."Zelenskiy said he expected an eleventh package of EU sanctions to be imposed on Russia soon and that it should include powerful sanctions on Russia's atomic sector.
Despite the gestures of solidarity, Zelenskiy criticized trade restrictions imposed by some of Ukraine's neighbors, calling for "strong" European decisions to remove them.
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