European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen arrived within the Ukrainian capital Kiev for a go to to mark the second anniversary of the Russian invasion.
The go to was supposed “to have fun the extraordinary resistance of the Ukrainian individuals,” he wrote on the X platform, previously Twitter, on Saturday morning.
“Greater than ever, we stand firmly by Ukraine. Financially, economically, militarily, morally. Till the nation is lastly free,” wrote von der Leyen.
The go to is one in all many occasions in Ukraine and outdoors Ukraine to mark the anniversary.
The complete-scale invasion of Ukraine ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin was launched on February 24, 2022.
Russian forces initially superior on a number of fronts together with marching on the capital Kiev, however then focused on occupying areas within the east and south. Russia has since annexed 4 provinces in jap Ukraine.
Regardless of large Western army and monetary assist, Moscow nonetheless controls practically a fifth of Ukraine's territory, together with the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which it annexed in 2014.
The anniversary comes at an important time for Ukraine, with Russian troops reporting some progress within the east after a protracted interval of efficient stalemate. Ukrainian forces withdrew from the city of Avdiivka per week in the past after months of heavy preventing.
In the meantime, a $60 billion US assist package deal described by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “of elementary significance for our protection” is presently being held up within the US Congress.
