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Polish, Slovenian, Czech PMs To Visit Kyiv Today, Meet w/Zelensky

UKRAINE

Earlier this morning it was announced that Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Slovenia's Janesz Jansa, and the Czech leader Petr Fiala will visit the Ukrainian capital Kyiv later today to meet with and show support for embattled President Volodymyr Zelensky.

  • Polish statement (in Polish): https://www.gov.pl/web/premier/wizyta-premierow-w-...
  • Comes as Zelensky's spox says that at present it does not appear that Russian forces are trying to take Kyiv, despite the shelling of the city continuing to hit both civilian and military targets.
  • The visit of the heads of three EU and NATO member states could see a de-escalation in the Russian shelling operation for the duration of the trip. An attack, no matter how inadvertant, on an EU/NATO member state head of gov't could be viewed as an act of war, risking a major escalation in the conflict.

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