European leaders' risky Kyiv mission took even close family by surprise

were on a train to Kyiv for talks with the Ukrainian president, it was news to some members of their immediate families.

The three that eventually took part are deeply suspicious of how Moscow views nations once under its influence before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, concerns that have been heightened by its invasion of Ukraine that began on Feb 24. "I was not alone, I had colleagues — the prime ministers, I had colleagues from my team and from the security service who were willing to complete the trip with me.""They found out about it when it was published."

Polish deputy foreign minister Pawel Jablonski said the participants did not discuss it directly with Moscow in advance. It is not clear who else was approached to join them. French president Emmanuel Macron was not asked, according to the diplomat, and nor was German chancellor Olaf Scholz, a spokesman said.

Thousands of people have been killed in the conflict. Russia calls its actions a"special operation" to demilitarise and"denazify" Ukraine, a charge Kyiv rejects as a false pretext to invade. According to a Reuters witness, at the palace sandbags were piled up at various points and heavily armed Ukrainian security personnel escorted the delegation with flashlights along darkened corridors to avoid making the building a target.

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