On Thursday in Kyiv Romanian president Klaus Iohannis condemned the fact that Russia is using the cereal exports of Ukraine as a weapon. He made an appeal to all the major players to make up a coalition of states to support the international effort for the setting up of the so called ‘blue corridors’ for the maritime transport through the Black Sea. On Thursday, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky received in Kyiv his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis, the French president Emmanuel Macron, the German chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Zelensky met these officials after they had visited the city of Irpin, near the capital Kyiv, destroyed by the Russian bombardments since the onset of the occupation on February 24th. The European leaders have denounced the unimaginable human tragedy and destruction in Irpin. The French president has praised the courage of the Ukrainians and said that Ukraine must resist the Russian attacks and win the war. The German chancellor said that Russia’s actions in the war in Ukraine are only aimed at destruction and the Italian Prime Minister has given assurances that everything will be rebuilt.
