European Prime Ministers Meet With Ukrainian President Zelensky in Kyiv

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The Prime Minsters of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia travelled to Kyiv on Tuesday, March 15, where they met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The three leaders — Polish Prime Minster Mateusz Morawiecki, Czech Prime Minster Petr Fiala and Slovenian Prime Minster Janez Jansa — spoke in person with Zelensky as Russian forces continued to target the Ukrainian capital, and threatened cities across the country.

The meeting was part of a whirlwind diplomatic schedule for Zelensky, who earlier on Tuesday spoke virtually to the Canadian Parliament, calling for additional support and encouraging a no-fly zone. On Wednesday, the Ukrainian President is scheduled to address the US Congress.

This footage, released on Zelensky’s Facebook page, shows him meeting with the European delegation in Kyiv. Also in attendance were Ukrainian Prime Minister Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Credit: Volodymyr Zelensky via Storyful

Video Transcript

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: Hi, nice to meet you. You're welcome. - I will just make short [INAUDIBLE] prime minister of Czech Republic, Prime Minister of Poland. --of all civilians, woman's, children's humanitarian effort. And we discuss some kinds of possibilities negotiation with Ukraine. [INAUDIBLE] we hear from our Polish friends and assistance. So make sure that this is-- VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] - Today, we have seen already several shelling, several mis-- VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] - Shelling everywhere. And not only Kyiv but also the Western-- VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] - The high rise blocks see aerials of the antennas so that the communication network is-- VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] - As it happened in the Eastern part of Ukraine in the Donbass, they believe that even cutting down the banking sector-- VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] for example, guys begin to [INAUDIBLE] or anti-tank system, or people, or [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] - This is how [INAUDIBLE] Russia. We saw some three brigades. One was a--