European Union President Ursula Von Der Leyen visits Ukraine to see Bucha massacre victims for herself.

Yes impressive photos.

I doubt that she will ever forget what she saw.

Hats off to her. The sights she will have seen will not be for the fainthearted. Certainly not something many politicians will be queuing up to do.

Respect.

Well done to her. Brave woman and she has seen first -hand the evidence of what is happening.

If only the Russian people could see this.

Very brave of her. Watching her register first hand the horror of it all and hearing her say, 'The unthinkable has happened here' reduced me to tears.

Johnson briefed that he “was desperate to go and see for himself”

She went.

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Johnson briefed that he “was desperate to go and see for himself”

She went.

What's stopping him?

Her face said it all, didn't it Coastpath.

I think they should follow this up with troops going in to help; perhaps they could discuss a peacekeeping force. They won't, of course, as peacekeepers have been dragged into the fighting in the past.

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Johnson briefed that he “was desperate to go and see for himself”

She went.

What's stopping him?

Johnson is clear what matters.

His own skin. Always will be.

But he has won the limelight from a truly brave woman on this thread WWM. He will, no doubt, continue to put himself front and centre in this country. And some will still believe the cover he succeeds in getting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlSwuFh4VHo

Ursula Von Der Leyen meeting Zelenskyy

She is very brave and I have great respect for her. It takes a woman doesn't it to do the right thing.

"It takes a woman doesn't it to do the right thing" AGAA4.

Totally agree, total respect.

I wish Priti Patel would go, it might encourage her to sort out the refugee debacle in the UK if she could see for herself. In fact I think it should be insisted on.

I agree it was very brave of Ursula von der Leyen to go to Ukraine and be so supportive.
Doesn't change the fact that she is incompetent in most other aspects of her very well paid job.

Ukraine Embassy has tweeted ‘Surprise’ - it appears Boris has visited Zelensky...

Mr.Johnson has met with President Zelensky in Kyiv today accusing to Sky News.

Ah well, fair play to him.

I think she was a very brave courageous woman. This act stands alone even if she has made mistakes.
How many of the worlds men leaders have been? Boris according to Sky news will they all start now a woman has shown them what should be done?

There were three (male) PMs from Eastern Europe that went a few weeks ago.

Poland, Slovenia and Czech Republic. And here's another one. Lithuania.

www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1644454/lithuanian-fm-is-visiting-ukraine-sources

I am very impressed with any politician who goes to visit a war zone, regardless of gender.

Me too, because they're obviously a target.

She actually visited the scene of one of the massacres, whereas other leaders have attended meetings. She gets a lot of extra respect for doing that in my book.