Ukraine gets show of support from European leaders; remaining Bucha residents line up for food: Live updates
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a show of support from European leaders over the weekend as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer made visits to Kyiv.
The visits came as the European Union also announced it will be restoring its diplomatic presence in Ukraine now that Russian forces have retreated from areas around the capital.
Johnson said Britain and its partners “are going to ratchet up the economic pressure … not just freezing assets in banks and sanctioning oligarchs but moving away from use of Russian hydrocarbons.” Johnson also pledged additional military equipment to the Ukrainian military, including 120 armored vehicles and anti-ship missile systems.
Zelenskyy also thanked European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday for a global fundraising event that raised more than 10 billion euros for Ukrainians who have had to flee their homes.
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► At least 176 children have been killed and 324 injured since the Russian invasion into Ukraine began, Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office said Saturday.
►Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, said that 4,532 Ukrainians were evacuated by humanitarian corridors on Saturday, but said Russian forces would not allow people on buses from Berdyansk, Tokmak and Energodar to leave despite a previously agreed-upon route.
Contributing: The Associated Press