Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholes are leaving for Kiev, the Italian news agency ADNKronos reported on Wednesday evening. On Thursday, the three leaders will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky.
The company insists Draghi, Macron and Scholz send a strong message of solidarity with Zelensky and the Ukrainian people to the Ukrainian capital.
According to the ambassador of ADNKronos, during the visit of the Italian Prime Minister, the President of France and the President of Germany Issues such as the development of the situation in Donbass, the analysis of previous events, the need to prevent the export of Ukrainian grain and the question of Ukraine’s candidacy to the EU.
In turn, Ansa points out that the task of the three leaders arriving in Kiev this morning is to reaffirm their support for Ukraine and to see if there are ways out of the conflict.
Is always remembered Prior to the trip, Macron said, “the Ukrainian president and his officials should hold talks with Russia.”. Ansa added that the French president, who has spoken frequently with Vladimir Putin, considers Russia “not to be insulted.”
According to Prime Minister Troki, the siege of Ukrainian grain and the need to create safe corridors for its transport is one of the main issues.
Ansa noted that the topic of the talks in Kiev would also be the weapons that Ukraine is asking for, stressing that the task of the “trio” is not easy.
The commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Valery Zalushny announced on Wednesday that Russian troops were attempting to attack simultaneously in nine directions in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. The Russians use aircraft, missile systems and artillery.
“The enemy has concentrated the main offensive forces in the north of Oblast and is trying to attack simultaneously in nine directions,” Załużny said in a statement issued by the Telegram.
The nine directions of the General-specific Russian offensive were Popasna-Komyszuwacha and then Lisiczańsk, Popasna-Mykołajiwka, Popasna-Berestowe, then from north to south: Bohorodyczne-Słowiańsk, Izium-Słowiańsk-weast-weast. Directions to Severodonetsk-Lisiczańsk, Severodonetsk-Metiołkine and Toszkiwka-Komyszuwacha.
Severodonetsk is the center of the security operations of the Ukrainian forces, General Jalusny added.