The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia arrived in Kyiv in a show of high-level backing for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who briefed them on the war with Russia.

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Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki and deputy prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński, their Czech counterpart Petr Fiala and Slovenia's Janez Janša all spoke after the meeting. Poland's Kaczyński called for a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. The EU leaders thanked the Ukrainians for defending 'fundamental European values' and sent a message of reassurance, with Fiala saying: 'You are not alone. Our countries stand with you. Europe stands with your country'

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