European Union leaders plan visit to Ukraine’s capital as Russian war enters third week

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues for its third week, leaders from three European Union countries have planned a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, to show support for the country, according to a report.

Poland’s Mateusz Moravetsky, the Czech Republic’s Petr Fiala, and Slovenia’s Janez Jansa will travel to Kyiv after thousands of civilians and soldiers have been killed and 2.8 million people from the city have been forced to evacuate. They will meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

Loud blasts were heard throughout Kyiv as recently as Tuesday morning as Russia continues its siege.

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ceaselessly called for international partners to help see through an end to the Russian war, as cities across the country continue to fall to Russian control.

Some of these partners are beginning to take action to show their support for his country, but members of the UN’s Security Council have mostly remained out of the conflict.

While the international community is moving to deter further aggression from Russia, mostly through sanctions, the situation in Ukraine remains dire.

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“Ukraine is on fire,” United Nations chief Antonio Guterres told reporters on Monday. “The impact on civilians is reaching terrifying proportions.”

“We are witnessing the worst humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II,” France’s U.N. ambassador Nicolas De Riviere and Mexican Ambassador Juan Ramon De La Fuente said in a joint statement Monday. “The humanitarian situation in Ukraine keeps deteriorating hour by hour,”…