The European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas, as well as the foreign ministers of Germany, Poland, Italy and other EU countries were in Ukraine for the occasion.
“Each visit is a powerful reminder of Ukraine’s courage and resilience. Europe stands by your side. We will keep providing military, financial, energy, and humanitarian support,” Kallas said on X.
The diplomats later visited the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where they marked the four-year anniversary of a Russian massacre there.
The bodies of hundreds of civilians who had been summarily executed were found on the streets of Bucha and neighbouring areas after Russian forces abandoned Kyiv’s suburbs in the early stages of the invasion.
The visit comes amid stalling diplomatic efforts to end the four-year war, and as a 90-billion-euro ($100 billion) EU loan for Ukraine remains held up over opposition from EU member Hungary.
The lack of funding from the European Union has strained Kyiv’s finances.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday rejected reports that the government could suspend the payment of salaries for soldiers and state workers because of the blocked funds.
