He’s Not A Model For Savile Row Tailors, Did Not Dress As Have Others, But The Prime Minister Of The UK Delivered Mightily During His Visit To Kyiv: He Proved It Could Be Done.
Granted, his attire did not project the best of London’s Savile Row tailors (or reflect the refinement embodied by clothing displayed by the Prince of Wales). His blond mop flowed within its own gravity. He looked as though an aide had jostled him awake far too early after an extended night out. Unlike those who arrived before him, his costume was not “weekend wear” casual in keeping with a visit to a war zone. He was not to blend-in. He conveyed business as usual- I’m here as who I am. Snide comments aside, what he did do was deliver- and deliver mightily.
A special train carriage from Poland delivered Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kyiv.
Now that Kyiv has been deemed safe, next visitors: Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, which has the third-largest Ukrainian population after Ukraine and Russian Federation. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Delegations from parliaments, assemblies, congresses. Yes, particularly members of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate who will seek a “must have” image with Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, and images and crafted narratives after visits to sites of death and destruction.
The Russian Federation commenced its attack upon Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Three weeks later, the first of an increasing number of government delegations traveled to Ukraine- to Kyiv, to Lviv, to Odesa. The officials traveled within Ukraine using vehicles and regularly-scheduled and government-scheduled rail service.
Since 15 March 2022, five prime ministers, one chancellor, one deputy prime minister, three foreign ministers, president of European Commission (EC), and president of European Parliament (EP) have visited Ukraine. All are members of the European Union (EU); six are members of NATO. Ambassadors to Ukraine from Lithuania, Portugal, Czech Republic, Italy, Turkey, and EU have returned or are returning to their respective embassies in Kyiv; Estonia expected soon. When will the United States Embassy re-open in Kyiv?
10 April 2022- Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Boris Johnson (NATO)
9 April 2022 (Kyiv)- Chancellor of Republic of Austria, Karl Nehammer (EU)
7 April 2022 (Kyiv)- President of the Brussels, Belgium-based European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen; High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the EC, Josep Borrell Fontelles; Prime Minister of Slovak Republic, Eduard Heger (EU, NATO)
3 April 2022 (Odesa)- Minister Of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Nikoloas Dendias (EU, NATO)
1 April 2022 (Kyiv)- President of the Strasbourg, France-based European Parliament (EP), Roberta Metsola
17 March 2022 (Lviv)- Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu (NATO)
15 March 2022 (Kyiv)- Prime Minister of Czech Republic, Petr Fiala (EU, NATO); Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki (EU, NATO); Prime Minister of Slovenia, Janez Jansa (EU, NATO); Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski (EU, NATO)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Thirty Members. “In 1949, there were twelve founding members of the Alliance: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The other member countries are Greece and Turkey (1952), Germany (1955), Spain (1982), the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland (1999), Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia (2004), Albania and Croatia (2009), Montenegro (2017) and North Macedonia (2020).”
European Union (EU) Twenty-Seven Members: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.
Prior to 24 February 2022, Istanbul, Turkey-based Turkish Airlines and Turkish Cargo, and Tel Aviv, Israel-based El Al Airlines and El Al Cargo provided multiple flights per day from Istanbul (IST) and Tel Aviv (TLV), respectively, into KBP, and Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport- Kyiv Zhuliany International Airport (IEV) in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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