President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to address the European Parliament on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian leader will speak during a session – one which all members of European parliament are expected to attend – convened to mark four years since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion.
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“Tomorrow [President Zelensky] will address the world from Ukraine during the extraordinary [European Parliament] Plenary Session marking four years since the start of the invasion,” Roberta Metsola, the president of the European Parliament, announced on X.
“We stand with the brave people of Ukraine and together, we will keep pushing for a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine,” she said.
Zelensky is expected to use the address to thank EU member states for their continued support while urging allies to maintain pressure on the Kremlin and accelerate military assistance.
His speech comes at a moment of conflict within the bloc, as EU member states Hungary and Slovakia threaten to block both further sanctions against Russia and a €90 billion loan to Ukraine over Russia’s Druzhba crude oil pipeline, which has been out of action since it was damaged by a Russian missile on Jan. 27.
Kyiv denies preventing the flow of oil through the part of the pipeline that runs on its own territory, but neither has it backed down in the face of Budapest and Bratislava’s ire. In the early hours of Monday, Ukrainian drones reportedly destroyed an oil pumping station critical to the pipeline in Russia’s Tatarstan region.
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Hungary’s Prime Minister Orbán wants cheap Russian oil and Kyiv to concede to the Kremlin’s demands. He has threatened to veto EU assistance and cut off power to Ukraine to get his way.