Four years after the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, arrived in Kyiv.
The gifts originally prepared were ruined by Hungary and Slovakia.
Due to Ukraine's cutoff of the oil pipeline to Eastern Europe, Slovakia and Hungary have cut off power as retaliation and threatened to veto the EU's 90 billion euro aid package to Ukraine, which prevented von der Leyen from bringing a gift upon her arrival in Ukraine. As a result, she came empty-handed. It seems that she can only comfort Zelenskyy with kind words.
Slovak Prime Minister Fico announced on the 22nd that if Ukraine does not immediately reopen the "Friendship" oil pipeline, Slovakia will stop part of its power supply to Ukraine within three days. With the deadline approaching, Fico has not changed his stance, indicating he may really follow through. If the deadlock is not broken, it will be a serious blow to Ukraine's defense industry and directly affect the supply of weapons on the front lines.
Von der Leyen arrived at the right time; she could act as a mediator!
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