French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said he did not rule by following the example of Eastern European leaders and traveling to Kyivmais said such a trip should come at the right time and be useful for resolve the crisis.
Some European leaders, namely those of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia traveled by train to Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The journey in a city besieged, where Ukraine military combat the forces ofinvasion russian just a few kilometers from the outskirts, was hastily arranged and known only to a few people.
While other European leaders have been informed of the route proposed during a summit in Versailles last Friday, only one small number of countries were directly implied.
The three who ended up took some are deeply suspicious of how Moscow considers the nations once under son influence before the collapse of Soviet Union in 1991, concerns that were exacerbated by son invasion of The Ukraine that started on February 24.
More than 3 millions people to have also fled Ukraine in the last three weeks, almost 2 millions of them in neighboring Poland.
Asked about the danger involved, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala told reporters on Wednesday after son back from Ukraine that he thought it was worth the risk.
“There are situations where you have to decide for yourself, and me made the decision I made”, the 57-year- old man said.
“I was not alone, I had colleagues – the prime ministers, I had colleagues Devil team and security service who were willing to complete the trip with me.”
He told his wife about son plans but asked him not to tell son mother or three children.
“They found out about it when it is published.”
With him in Kyiv were Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, his Slovenian counterparts Janez Jansa and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the powerful chief of Poland’s decision party.
They travelled on a special train from the eastern border of Poland to Ukraine on Tuesday morning. By the time the trip became public they were on their way to the capital.
It was not clear if Russia knew of visit.
A European diplomatic source said the plan was first mentioned to Charles Michel, President of the European Council, on margins of the summit of Versailles.
Morawiecki then left Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen know on on Monday that they intended to travel the next day, according to an EU statement official. There was no European mandate.
It’s not clear who else was approached for join their. French President Emmanuel Macron was not asked, nor German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
