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“My presence in Kiev today, 9 May, is symbolic, but it is also the sign of a crucial and very practical reality: the EU works side by side with Ukraine on many issues,” Ursula von der Leyen told journalists at the night train that took her to the Ukrainian capital.
This is the fifth visit that von der Leyen has made to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, on February 24 last year, and it coincides with Europe Day, a celebration of the EU that, starting today, the Ukrainian authorities are also marking. , turning its back on the Soviet tradition of celebrating Victory Day against Nazism.
“It’s good to be back in Kiev, where the values that are dear to us are defended every day”, wrote the responsible person on the social network Twitter, considering that the capital of Ukraine is “such an appropriate place to celebrate Europe Day”. .
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