The presidents of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are heading to Kyiv Today, Wednesday, April 13, 2022, in order to meet the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and to show support to the people of Ukraine.

“On our way to Kyiv, to a city that has suffered terribly due to Russian war since my last visit,” Estonian President Alar Karis said.

the Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said on Twitter that he was “heading to Kyiv with a strong message of political support and military assistance”.

Polish President Andrzej Duda and Latvian President Egils Levits are also on the trip.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was scheduled to be part of the visit “to send a strong signal of European solidarity with Ukraine” but said on Tuesday he was not welcomed by Ukraine.

President Zelenskyy has been critical of Steinmeier’s historical advocacy of Western rapprochement with Russia.

For historical reasons, Berlin had been reluctant to send weapons to Ukraine, but it has now sent anti-tank weapons, missile launchers and surface-to-air missiles in response to the conflict.

Last week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Kyiv after pledging to provide more than $130m in sophisticated weaponry to Ukraine.

Downing Street described Johnson’s surprise trip as a “show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people” and said his one-on-one meeting with Zelenskyy would focus on long-term support for the country and new financial and military aid.