The Community Executive thus confirmed information advanced by the Slovenian Prime Minister, Janes Janza.
Von der Leyen and Borrell’s first visit to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine more than a month ago will come after the European Union accused the Kremlin of perpetrating war crimes in Bucha, outside kyiv.
The images of civilians apparently executed in that Ukrainian town that was occupied for weeks by Russian troops has led the European Union to start preparing a new package of sanctions against Moscow.
The trip of the president of the Commission and the vice-president and coordinator of the Foreign Policy of the EU will take place days after the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, met last Friday in kyiv with Zelensky.
“Courage, strength, determination. With Zelensky in kyiv. Long live Ukraine!” Metsola tweeted from the Ukrainian capital along with a photo in which he shook Zelensky’s hand, both dressed in green short-sleeved shirts and with Ukrainian flags. Ukraine and European Union background.