honouring european unity. he has landed in france, off the plane and into a car and he is heading off for dinner with emmanuel macron and we are told he will be talking about the humanitarian support that france can offer and reaffirming the military support that president macron has already agreed to. we heard earlier he gave a speech in aachen in germany where he received this prize pot european union, where he called germany a true friend in the fight against russia. he was also in italy before that where he met prime minister giorgia meloni and she also said italy would support ukraine as long as necessary and he also got to meet the pope whilst in italy as well, who said he was praying for ukraine. a lot of promises for support in the last few days from germany and italy and this is exactly what president zelensky once, he wants to show russia that the international support he has been enjoying for the last few days is continuing and there is no sign of it waning ahead o
for eight games by the nba. and that s all the sport for now. thank you, you made it through without interruption from president zelensky! almost look like you had a french guard of honour for the sports bulletin. but back to the elysee palace in paris where we are waiting to see president zelensky of ukraine arrive to meet french president macron. he has been in germany earlier and he landed about 20 minutes ago and that we can bring in our paris correspondent hugh schofield. while we are talking we have the pictures above the elysee palace so if anything happens we will not miss it. just to say, this is his second visit to france, president zelensky, so took us through what relations are like between the two countries and what sort of support ukraine has enjoyed from france over the last year also?
london as well and the french felt slightly embarrassed because they hadn t really done anything and they realised he was being received amid much fanfare in london so the hastily arranged meeting in paris. but already by then things work much better and i don t think we should read too much into any signal that they are not allies. i think both sides feel a page has been turned and that now the focus is a shared one, ensuring a clear ukrainian victory. one, ensuring a clear ukrainian victo . ~ . ~ one, ensuring a clear ukrainian victo . ~ ., ~ ., victory. we talked earlier about the conversations victory. we talked earlier about the conversations that victory. we talked earlier about the conversations that macron - victory. we talked earlier about the conversations that macron had - victory. we talked earlier about the conversations that macron had with president putin initially. has he now stopped talking to putin? is that very much in the past? yes. now stopped talking to putin?
promised germany would support ukraine for as long as necessary and would also back its attempt to join the european union under president zelensky gave a speech and he said that 2023 was the year at the aggressor s defeat could be made irreversible. he also thanked the chancellor for a irreversible. he also thanked the chancellorfor a new irreversible. he also thanked the chancellor for a new package of military aid which was worse, as i said, around $3 billion. that was his visit to germany and before that he was in italy, meeting prime minister giorgia meloni who pledged tell in support, talked about doing so for as long as necessary but also he met the pope who said that ukraine was in his prayers. these are the pictures from a little earlier, about 15 minutes ago, this is him arriving at the airport at an airbase around eight miles south west of paris. presumably it wouldn t have taken them long to get to the elysee palace where we have
guards standing outside at the moment, ready to welcome him. we are told that france president machen will affirm the military and humanitarian support that they have already committed. i wonder if we can hear any sound from their. perhaps there isn t much. we are just waiting to see his arrival and to see president machen come out to greet him. we will come back to that as soon as something happens. we will keep it on screen for now but we can bring in the sport. we may have to interrupt you if president zelensky arrived in paris but over to you for now! manchester city are four points clear at the top of the english premier league