Ukraine war: Air raid sirens sound in Kyiv during visit by European leaders

The head of the EU’s executive commission and the chairman of the 27 EU national leaders travelled to Kyiv to demonstrate support for Ukraine as the first anniversary of Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of its neighbour approaches.

“The EU will support Ukraine and the Ukrainian people against Russia’s ongoing war of aggression for as long as it takes,” Michel, Zelensky and EU executive commission head Ursula von der Leyen were expected to say a joint statement, a draft of which was seen by Reuters in advance. The EU will ban Russian refined oil products from Sunday, and EU envoys in Brussels on Friday aimed to agree to cap prices of the products worldwide when Western insurance and shipping companies are involved, to limit Moscow’s ability to fund the war. A similar price cap on crude oil took effect in December.

The EU has demanded more anti-corruption measures from Ukraine, which is perceived as having endemic state graft. Zelensky has announcedand investigations of some officials the past two weeks, pointedly saying that the defence ministry needs to be clean. “They bring in men from their draft and try systematically to find places to break through our defences,” Serhiy Cherevatiy, a spokesman for the Ukrainian armed forces eastern front, told Ukrainian radio NV. “The aim is to fulfil the goal of the leadership to take control of all of Donetsk region. But this plan has been disrupted now for several months running.”

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