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French president visits Kyiv suburb, decries ‘massacre’

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, center, visit Irpin, Ukraine,Thursday, June 16, 2022. The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania arrived in Kyiv on Thursday in a show of collective European support for the Ukrainian people as they resist Russia's invasion, marking the highest-profile visit to Ukraine's capital since Russia invaded its neighbor. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP) French President Emmanuel Macron, third left, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, second left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, visit Irpin, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania arrived in Kyiv on Thursday in a show of collective European support for the Ukrainian people as they resist Russia's invasion, marking the highest-profile visit to Ukraine's capital since Russia invaded its neighbor. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP) Romanian President Klaus Iohannis arrives at the hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are staying in Kyiv, Thursday, June 16, 2022. The visit comes as EU leaders prepare to make a decision June 23-24 on Ukraine's request to become a candidate for EU membership, and ahead of an important NATO summit June 29-30 in Madrid. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP) French President Emmanuel Macron, centre, is escorted as he arrives at the Kyiv train station, Thursday, June 16, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron Prime Minister Mario Draghi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are expected to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they prepare for a key European Union leaders' summit in Brussels next week and a June 29-30 NATO summit in Madrid.(Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is escorted as he arrives at the Kyiv train station, Thursday, June 16, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron Prime Minister Mario Draghi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are expected to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they prepare for a key European Union leaders' summit in Brussels next week and a June 29-30 NATO summit in Madrid.(Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
French president visits Kyiv suburb, decries ‘massacre’