President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. Archival photoMOSCOW, Apr 2Vladimir Zelensky's website reports that he met with the head of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola in Kyiv.»President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, who arrived in Kyiv, Zelensky added that he called for new sanctions against Russia, as well as for «defensive support» for Ukraine. «I came to Ukraine not only to confirm our solidarity, not only to further work on the wording of our resolutions in which we say that Ukraine is part of our European family,” the head of the European Parliament said in a statement. It is also reported that Zelensky awarded Metsola the Order of Princess Olga of the first degree for “personal contribution to the consolidation of international support” for Ukraine.
Erdogan's representative answered the question about the date of the meeting between Putin and ZelenskyRussia began a military opera tion in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
