At a time when the Ukrainian president and his country are going through very difficult times, Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking some form of reassurance from his supporters in Europe. After a visit to Greece on Sunday and a planned visit to Madrid on Tuesday, he will be received by Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday, November 17.
The two leaders will meet at Villacoublay (Yvelines) air base, before going to the headquarters of the forces that France and Britain want to set up, to support Kyiv, in a hypothetical ceasefire with Moscow that is still far away. After the failure of American mediation efforts in recent weeks, a climate of great uncertainty weighs on Ukraine’s head of state.
On the front lines, the Russian army continues to exploit its superiority in the east of the country against Ukrainian forces suffering from a shortage of troops. The city of Pokrovsk will soon fall. Most importantly, Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit comes as the government is rocked by the biggest corruption scandal of his presidency. Several officials and people close to the head of state are accused by anti-corruption investigators of embezzling around 100 million dollars (or about 86 million euros) from Ukraine’s energy sector.
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