Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has begun his first visit to Austria since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source: Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard, as reported by European Pravda;

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was set to visit Austria on Monday in his first trip to the European Union member country since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Austria is famously neutral a stance it declared in 1955 after World War II and Vienna has come under heavy criticism since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war for maintaining ties with Moscow.

The Austrian government has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but also stressed the need to maintain diplomatic relations with Moscow.