Vladimir Zelensky has arrived at the European Union's main legislature on his second trip abroad since the start of the full-scale invasion. In the European Parliament in Brussels, the President of Ukraine spoke to high-ranking European officials.
The day before, Rikard Jozwiak, a journalist for Radio Liberty, reported on this visit. He stated that the next day after visiting London – February 9 – the Ukrainian leader will arrive in Belgium. His information on this matter turned out to be true, so in this articleChannel 24read about the most important theses from Zelensky's speech.
Vladimir Zelensky thanked the EU countries for their support and attention to Ukraine. The President stressed: the fight for Europe is now underway.
Zelensky speaks in the European Parliament: watch the video
Zelensky's historic speech in the European Parliament
What was said about Zelensky's visit to Brussels the day before
- Euractiv noted that one of the goals of Zelensky's visit to the European Parliament is to accelerate negotiations on providing Western weapons to the Armed Forces.
- There is also suggested that after the speech of the main legislative body of the EU, the Ukrainian leader may attend the summit of the European Union.
- At the same time, adviser to the head of the Office of the President Mykhailo Podolyak also confirmed that the head of our state was forced to leave Ukraine in order to in order to induce the West to provide us with weapons in an accelerated mode and in a larger volume.
- It should be said that most of all Ukrainian soldiers at this stage of the war need exterminable, in particular, F-16 aircraft, and long-range missiles.< /li>
- In addition, it is important that partners strengthen the so-called “tank coalition”, because this will help the Armed Forces of Ukraine to keep the defense of Bakhmut and other settlements that the enemy is trying to capture been around for a long time.
