European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen and high diplomat for the bloc, Josep Borrell, are en path to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
Von der Leyen tweeted a photograph Friday of her strolling as much as a practice alongside Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger, who’s becoming a member of the journey.
“Wanting ahead to Kyiv,” she stated.
Borrell, the EU’s Excessive Consultant for International Affairs and Safety Coverage, additionally tweeted an image of himself and von der Leyen setting out on their journey.
The European Fee chief is ready to fulfill with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “someday” on Friday, in accordance with Ukrainian presidential spokesman Sergei Nikiforov.
The go to comes because the bloc accepted its fifth package deal of sanctions towards Russia on Thursday night, notably imposing an import ban on Russian coal.
Ukrainian International Minister Dmytro Kuleba advised a NATO press convention in Brussels that the sanctions would sign “severe strain” being positioned on Russia, though he lamented the bloc’s failure to focus on Russian oil and gasoline within the package deal.
