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European leaders meet Zelenskiy in Kyiv for first time since the war began

Agencies| Irpin           

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The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday in a show of support which Kyiv hopes will be followed by more weapons and tougher action to help in the war with Russia.

In the first such visit to the capital since Russia unleashed its invasion, France's Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Olaf Scholz, Italy's Mario Draghi and Romania's Klaus Iohannis, shook hands with Zelenskiy, who has not left Ukraine since war began.

The meeting came after the four European leaders had walked around ruined buildings and wrecked cars in the nearby town of Irpin, the scene of heavy fighting early in the invasion. The tour was designed to highlight what Ukraine and its backers say were large-scale atrocities committed by Russian troops, what Scholz described as the scene of "unimaginable cruelty" and "senseless violence".

Standing by gutted, burnt- out buildings, the leaders looked stern as they listened to a Ukrainian minister explaining what had happened there.