They arrived at the train after an overnight train journey from Poland.

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Macron praised the heroism of Ukraine’s army and people and said that there were "traces of barbarism" from Russian forces after a visit to the Ukrainian town of Irpin which was the closest Russian troops got to Kyiv in the early stages of the war.

No words to describe the unimaginable human tragedy and horrible destructions we saw today in Irpin, wrote Klaus Iohannis on Twitter.

He and other European leaders visited the town before meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Guardian presented the lines that have been given to the press pool from one of Macron’s Élysée officials.

They say:

  • the leaders will discuss Ukraine’s EU ca"I want to say today that the most important message of my visit is that Italy wants Ukraine in the European Union. And it wants Ukraine to have candidate status and will support this position at the next European Council," Draghi said.ndidacy with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy;
  • they know that Ukraine wants a strong symbol ahead of the 23-24 June EU summit;
  • they need to balance Ukraine’s natural aspirations for EU membership with the aspirations of all of the existing candidate countries.

Mario Draghi

"I want to say today that the most important message of my visit is that Italy wants Ukraine in the European Union. And it wants Ukraine to have candidate status and will support this position at the next European Council," Draghi said.

Emmanuel Macron

"We all four support the immediate EU candidate status," – he promised.

Olaf Scholz

Scholz pledged that Germany would continue to support Ukraine as long as it needs, describing Kyiv’s fight against the Russian invasion as "heroic".

Germany had taken in 800,000 Ukrainian refugees and was also supporting Ukraine financially and militarily, he said, adding:

We will continue do this as long Ukraine needs our support.

The Ukrainian president has called on EU leaders to give his country fast-track membership

Zelensky said the best way to demonstrate "our common and strong position" is by supporting Ukrainian integration into the European Union, adding that Ukraine's status as candidate for EU membership "can amplify freedom in Europe historically and become one of the key European decisions of the first third of the 21st century."