Danish PM arrives in Kyiv, speaks at Ukraine's Parliament.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen delivered a speech at the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's Parliament, as part of her previously unannounced visit to Kyiv, the Danish TV 2 news channel reported[1] on Sept.

6. In her speech, Denmark's Head of Government commended the strength of the Ukrainian people in the face of Russian aggression. TV 2 reported that Frederiksen arrived in Ukraine on Sept.

5, making her third visit to the country since the start of the full-scale war. President Volodymyr Zelensky extended an invitation to the Danish Prime Minister during his own visit[2] to Denmark in August. Copenhagen has recently pledged major support[3] to Ukraine's defense effort in the form of 19 U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets.

Kyiv has been actively seeking to acquire advanced Western jets for months as the Ukrainian Air Force arsenal includes only Soviet-era aircraft such as MiG-29. Prior to her address at the Parliament, Frederiksen visited a church in Bucha to see an exhibition of war crimes committed by Russian occupying forces in the city last year. The Danish Prime Minister is not the only foreign official visiting Kyiv, as U.S.

State Secretary Antony Blinken arrived[4] in Ukraine's capital today on Sept.

6. According to TV 2, Frederiksen met Blinken in the morning for a bilateral meeting.

Zelensky thanks Denmark over F-16 fighter jets pledge during visit President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Danish lawmakers on Aug.

21 in Copenhagen, thanking them for their F-16 jet pledge to Ukraine and "leadership that multiplies our collective strength."

News Editor

Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukrainer.

Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

References

1. ^ reported (nyheder.tv2.dk)
2. ^ visit (kyivindependent.com)
3. ^ support (kyivindependent.com)
4. ^ arrived (kyivindependent.com)
5. ^ Zelensky thanks Denmark over F-16 fighter jets pledge during visitPresident Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Danish lawmakers on Aug.

   21 in Copenhagen, thanking them for their F-16 jet pledge to Ukraine and "leadership that multiplies our collective strength." (kyivindependent.com)