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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen arrives in Kyiv to mark the Europe Day celebration of peace and unity, as Ukraine delivers a symbolic retort to Moscow's Victory Day parade. The president of the European Commission travelled on an overnight train from Poland to see President Volodymyr Zelensky and work on Ukraine's quest for eventual EU membership. IMAGES
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls "shocking" a viral video that apparently shows a detained Ukrainian soldier being shot dead after speaking a pro-Ukraine slogan. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in Kyiv on Wednesday, hailing the "unconquerable will of the Ukrainians to resist" Russia's invasion, as the nation celebrates its Independence Day and marks the milestone of six months of war. IMAGES
A residential high-rise in Kyiv is heavily damaged, with part of the building torn apart and windows shattered, after Russian strikes slammed into Ukraine's capital overnight as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was visiting. IMAGES
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal describes the start of Ukraine's EU accession talks as "a historic day", speaking as membership negotiations are launched. "The European Union signifies more than a physical space" Shmygal says, "it represents value and hope". The opening of talks sets the war-torn country on a long path towards membership that Russia has tried to block. SOUNDBITE
Antony Blinken has been spotted taking a break from his busy touring schedule on his visit to Kyiv by jamming along to the Neil Young classic "Rockin' in the Free World" in a bar in the Ukrainian capital, with the audience clapping the US Secretary of State's guitar chops at the song's end. IMAGES
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