French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made their first statements upon their arrival in Kyiv, where they plan to hold a joint meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“We will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky to go to the scene of the fighting where the killings were carried out and hold the scheduled meetings. This city is Irpen,"

The French leader also added that he wants to "

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In turn, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who arrived in Kyiv with Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, publicly once again promised to help Ukraine "

“We want not only to show our solidarity, we also want to assure that the assistance we organize: financial, humanitarian, but also in the field of armaments, will continue,” he said in a comment to Bild.

“We will do this for as long as Ukraine’s struggle for independence is required,” Scholz assures..

During the visit of the delegation to Ukraine on 14. 00 a press conference is scheduled with the participation of Vladimir Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Marco Draghi.

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This is the first visit of three heads of state to Kyiv since the start of a full-scale Russian invasion.. For a long time they refused a personal meeting with Vladimir Zelensky, and in phone calls they even offered to save face to Putin.