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Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Janša (now voted out), Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, his deputy Jarosław Kaczyński, and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fialia bend over a map of Ukraine: On March 15, the politicians were the first foreign heads of government to follow the Russian attack on Ukraine on the way to the war zone.
This was seen as a great gesture of solidarity.
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@MorawieckiM / Twitter / dpa
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On April 1, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi received the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.
She promised financial and humanitarian aid and stressed that Ukraine can count on the full support of the European Parliament on its way to the EU.
Photo: Uncredited / dpa
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A week later, on April 8, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Ukraine.
She got an idea of the situation in the Kiev suburb of Bucha, where evidence of war crimes by Russian troops had just been discovered.
Von der Leyen was accompanied by Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
"Here in Bucha we saw our humanity shattered, and the whole world mourns with the people of Bucha," von der Leyen said.
Photo: SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP
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The following day, Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer arrived in the Ukrainian capital for a solidarity visit.
Nehammer demanded that the war crimes that became known after Russia's attack on Ukraine must be fully investigated by independent and international experts.
He then flew on to Moscow, where Russian President Vladimir Putin received him for an interview.
Nehammer's efforts to persuade Putin to end hostilities were in vain.
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IMAGO/Ukraine Presidency/Ukraine Presi/IMAGO/ZUMA Wire
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On the same day, April 9, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also held a consultation with the Ukrainian President.
During his visit to Kyiv, Johnson pledged 120 armored vehicles and anti-ship missile systems to Ukraine to repel the Russian attack.
After the meeting, he said it was necessary to ensure that "Ukraine survives and prospers as a free and sovereign nation."
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / REUTERS
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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda, Selenskyj, Latvian Head of State Egils Levits and Estonian President Alar Karis at a press conference on April 13 in the Ukrainian capital: This meeting was remarkable from a German perspective - Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who wanted to accompany his Polish and Baltic colleagues, had previously been uninvited by the Ukraine.
The reason for this was Steinmeier's Russia policy when he was still head of the Chancellery and Foreign Minister.
Photo: Jakub Szymczuk/KPRP / via REUTERS
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“Today in Kyiv.
In the heart of a free and democratic Europe«: With these words, EU Council President Charles Michel made his visit to Kyiv on April 20 public via Twitter.
Less later, Michel visited the Kiev suburb of Borodyanka.
Photo: IMAGO/Ukraine Presidency / IMAGO/ZUMA Press
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A day later Zelenskyj received the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
Sánchez and Frederiksen announced further deliveries of arms and ammunition to the war zone.
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A high-ranking US delegation recently arrived in Ukraine.
Defense Secretary Llyod Austin and Foreign Secretary Antony Blinken said after talks in Kyiv that US diplomats who left before the Russian invasion would return to the country later this week.
Photo: IMAGO/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFF / IMAGO/UPI Photo
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No member of the federal cabinet has visited Ukraine since the start of the Russian attack.
After the refusal from Kyiv to Federal President Steinmeier, Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated that he was not planning any trips to the war zone for the time being.
In mid-April, the Chairwoman of the Bundestag Committees for Foreign Affairs (Michael Roth, SPD), Defense (Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, FDP) and Europe (Anton Hofreiter, Greens) traveled to Lviv.
There they met members of the Ukrainian Parliament.
The committee chairmen then called on the federal government to deliver heavy weapons - this has been a contentious issue in the traffic light coalition ever since.
Photo: Twitter / HalynaYanchenko