European Leaders Decline Zelensky’s May 9 Invitation to Kyiv

European leaders will not travel to Kyiv on May 9, despite an invitation from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Politico reports. According to the publication, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will head to Nancy, France, to sign a security agreement with French President Emmanuel Macron. Meanwhile, his British counterpart Keir Starmer plans to attend a defense summit in Oslo on the same day, and Germany’s incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is reportedly unwilling to go alone. Earlier, it was reported that Zelensky had invited European leaders to the Ukrainian capital for May 9. The Ukrainian president had envisioned the meeting as a “demonstration of diplomatic strength in contrast to the annual military parade in Moscow.”