Ursula von der Leyen in Bucha: “We saw the horrible face of Putin’s army” | News | D.W.

Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Joseph Borel, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign and Security Policy, arrived in Kyiv this Friday (04.08.2022) for a lightning visit and handed over the first-floor war situation. “We saw the brutal face of Putin’s army, the cruelty and coldness with which they occupied the city,” he said.

Van der Leyen traveled to Pucha, on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, where he was able to observe directly the twenty bodies exhumed from a mass grave and pay homage to the victims by lighting candles in the church. Assassination. “Here in Pucha we saw the destruction of our humanity, and Pucha cries all over the world with people,” he lamented.

Is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky, along with German politician Borel; With Prime Minister Denise Schmidt; Holding separate meetings with other top government officials; To those who convey the message of “unity” from the European Union with that country after the Russian invasion. Von der Leyen has previously shared on social media that Zelensky personally expresses his condolences. “It is disgusting that a missile attack was carried out this morning on a railway station used to evacuate civilians in Ukraine,” the commission chairman said at the time.

Referring to Ukraine’s desire to join the European Union, Van der Leyen said he would work with Prime Minister Schmidt and President Zhelensky during his visit. “We will do everything possible to take the necessary steps for Ukraine.”

lgc (dpa / afp / efe)