“My message is very clear: Ukraine is part of the European family.” Thus Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, at the end of the expected face to face with the Ukrainian president Zelensky in Kiev. The president then showed President Zelensky a folder in which she, she explained, are the first documents for Ukraine’s accession to Europe. “It won’t be a long matter, a few weeks will be enough,” von der Leyen announced. She that she has returned to attack Putin: “We are organizing ourselves to make the Russian president pay a very dear price”.
The visit to Bucha
“We have come to Kiev to tell you that the European Union is on your side”: these are the words of Ursula von der Leyen in the first press point on the sidelines of her mission in Ukraine. Mission started from Bucha. “Here the unthinkable happened,” she had declared in reference to the massacres in the town. “We have seen the cruel face of Putin’s army, the recklessness and ruthlessness of those who occupied the city. Here in Bucha we have seen humanity fall apart. The whole world is with Bucha today ».
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Together with her, the High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell. “Those responsible will have to go to justice,” added von der Leyen, who addressed the military and the inhabitants of the town: “Your battle is ours.”
“We saw heartbreaking images in Bucha,” Borrell echoed. “War crimes in Russia committed in Bucha and elsewhere must be investigated and prosecuted.” “I will launch a project worth 7.5 million euros to support the collection of data on missing persons,” she announced. “Our EU civilian advisory mission in Ukraine will support the Ukrainian Attorney General by providing training and equipment to support investigations and evidence gathering,” the EU chief of diplomacy promised.
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