<h6><strong>Eduardo González</strong></h6> <h4><strong>The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will travel this coming Monday to Kyiv to “reaffirm Spain's support for Ukrainian democracy and President Volodymyr Zelensky”, as he himself announced this Friday through social networks.</strong></h4> “On Monday I will be in Kyiv to reaffirm Spain's support for Ukrainian democracy and President Zelensky,” wrote Sánchez. This is the fourth visit by the President of the Government to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion, which will precisely celebrate its third anniversary this Monday. His previous trip to Kyiv took place on July 1, 2023, coinciding with the first day of the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council. Sánchez's visit will take place amid a change of direction in US policy towards Ukraine, especially after President Donald Trump's decision to start direct negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war and to exclude Europe and Ukraine itself from these peace negotiations. In the first bilateral talks between the United States and Russia, held in Saudi Arabia, Washington and Moscow agreed to form high-level negotiating teams to discuss a possible solution to the conflict. As if that were not enough, Trump himself called Zelensky a "dictator" on Wednesday for not having held elections despite having fulfilled his mandate and warned him that, if he does not act quickly, he could be left "without a country." On February 13, just one day after Donald Trump announced that he had reached an agreement with Vladimir Putin to begin "immediate negotiations" to end the war, Pedro Sánchez conveyed to Volodymyr Zelensky his support and that of Europe for "a fair and lasting peace." “I have just spoken with President Zelensky, to whom I have conveyed my full support in defending the sovereignty of his country against the illegal, unjust and unjustified aggression of Russia,” Sánchez declared through social networks. “Ukraine can continue to count on Spain,” he continued. “This support goes beyond words, as we have shown in these last three years. Europe will continue to support Ukraine's aspiration for a fair and lasting peace,” he added. “Ukraine wants peace and Europe wants peace. However, an unjust war cannot end with an unjust peace agreement,” he concluded.
