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(CNN) --
Three high-level European leaders arrived in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Thursday in the midst of the war with Russia, CNN's team on the ground confirmed.
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The President of France, Emmanuel Macron;
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi traveled to the city by train, the Elysee Palace confirmed on Thursday.
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron (centre);
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (left) board a Kyiv-bound train after leaving Poland on June 16, 2022. (LUDOVIC MARIN/ POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Speaking to journalists on the platform when he arrived in Kyiv, Macron said the leaders will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and visit the site of an alleged massacre.
Asked if he had a message for Ukrainians, Macron said he has a "message of European unity addressed to Ukrainian men and women."
"The next few weeks, we know, will be very difficult," he said.
"I want to support them and be by their side."
Air raid sirens sounds in Kyiv
Air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv as the leaders of France, Germany and Italy arrived in the Ukrainian capital on Thursday morning.
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Sirens do not necessarily mean there has been an attack, but they often sound a warning.
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