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KIEV – Dozens of EU foreign ministers and diplomats are meeting in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday in a show of support for Ukraine on Europe Day.
Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, said on Telegram after talks with top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas that “it is important and symbolic that the European partners stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine on Europe Day.”
May 9 celebrates peace and unity in Europe, and this year marks 75 years since a landmark proposal that is seen as laying the foundations of European cooperation.
According to Ukrainian sources, 35 top European representatives were in attendance in Lviv, including new German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul.
At a wreath-laying ceremony at the Lychakiv Cemetery, the diplomats commemorated the Ukrainians killed since the Russian invasion in 2022.
The programme included discussions on the situation at the front line and on the need for further arms for Kiev.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said talks would also focus on the creation of a special tribunal to try Russian leaders.
Since the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, Kiev has been working on the creation of a special tribunal, modelled on the Nuremberg trials, to hold the Russian leadership under President Vladimir Putin to account. (dpa/NAN)
