On 24 February afternoon, the EU Ambassador Alexandra Valkenburg and the Ambassadors and representatives of the EU Member States in Rome gathered at the Ukrainian embassy, to express their solidarity with Ukraine after the Russian military invasion, a blatant violation of international law and the sovereignty of Ukraine.

In the evening, EU missions accredited to the Holy See expressed their solidarity participating in the prayer of peace in Ukraine organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio in St. Maria in Trastevere. Ambassador Alexandra Valkenburg and our colleagues were there….