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NATO's newly appointed Secretary General, Mark Rutte, is visiting Kyiv today in a show of support for Ukraine, according to AFP. His trip to the Ukrainian capital comes just two days after assuming his position as head of the alliance.

Russia launched an attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Sunday, striking residential buildings and injuring 14 people. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared the news in a post on "X", stating that rubble clearance continued throughout the day and that two people were rescued from the debris.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is one of the "strongest voices" among the leaders of the EU's 27 member states, European People's Party president Manfred Weber told delegates attending the New Democracy congress on Saturday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday, as announced in a post on platform X. 

According to Zelensky, the two leaders discussed the implementation of agreements between the two countries and defense cooperation. Additionally, Zelensky informed the Greek Prime Minister about Thursday's Russian attack.

On Wednesday a Russian missile struck a few hundred meters from where Greece's Prime Minister Mitsotakis was meeting with Ukraine's President Zelenskyy. Ambassador Spiros Lambridis, Greece's special envoy for Ukraine, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss this incident, the significance of Prime Minister Mitsotakis' recent visit to Ukraine, and look into Greece's overall efforts to support Kyiv.

Amidst the ongoing war, Ukraine has made a bold diplomatic move by appointing its former commander-in-chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, as the new ambassador to the United Kingdom. The decision comes a month after Zaluzhnyi was removed from his role as the nation's top military commander, reported Al Jazeera.

TIRANA - After attending a plenary meeting at a Ukraine-Southeast Europe summit in Tirana, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday that, at Serbia's request, a declaration to be adopted at the summit made no mention of sanctions against Russia or of its "malignant" influence.

The Bulgarian Government has greenlit the draft Kyiv Declaration on the environment, a pivotal step in supporting efforts led by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's peace plan. This declaration emphasizes the need to assess the environmental repercussions of military activities globally, regardless of their location.

An unannounced meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr is underway at the Prime Minister's Maximos Mansion.

After the meeting between the two leaders, there are expected to be broader talks between delegations from each country. The two will also make joint statements to the press.

Russia is taking an awfully long time to invade Ukraine. It may happen any day. President Joe Biden appears to think it's either inevitable or a "distinct possibility" some time in February, as he told Ukraine's President Zelenskyy in a Thursday phone call.