Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Danish Prime Minister Mete Frederiksen pose with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishina during a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 21, 2022. Moncloa / Borja Puig de la Belasasa / Submit to REUTERS
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COPENHAGEN / MADRID, April 21 (Reuters) – The Danish prime minister promised on Thursday to send more weapons to Ukraine during a trip to Kyiv, where she and Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez met with President Vladimir Zelensky in support.
Mete Frederiksen also visited the badly damaged town of Borodyanka, which was rebuilt after the withdrawal of Russian troops from the area around Kyiv. Read more
“We intend to deliver more weapons to Ukraine because this is the most necessary thing,” Frederiksen told Danish TV2 as he walked around the city surrounded by armed soldiers.
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Frederiksen and Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez arrived in Kyiv early Thursday, according to footage posted on Sanchez’s Twitter account.
Frederiksen’s office said talks with Zelensky would focus on further support for Ukrainians and the prosecution of “war crimes and human rights violations.”
Russia calls its action a “special military operation” to demilitarize Ukraine and eradicate what it calls dangerous nationalists. The West and Kyiv have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of unprovoked aggressive war.
A number of European leaders traveled to Ukraine after the Russian invasion to show support for its president and people, especially after Russia withdrew its troops from northern Ukraine.
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Report by Inti Landauro and Stein Jacobsen; Edited by Raisa Kasolowski, Toby Chopra and Kevin Liffey
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