Swedish King Karol XVI. Gustav arrived in Lviv as the first monarch since the beginning of the Russian invasion. He promised full support to Ukraine and paid his respects to the fallen soldiers.
Swedish King Karol XVI. Gustav arrived in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday, the first monarch to visit the country since the beginning of Russia’s military invasion in 2022, the government in Stockholm announced. TASR informs about it according to the report of the DPA agency.
- Swedish King Karol XVI. Gustáv arrived in Lviv on Friday.
- This is the first monarch to visit Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
- In a speech in Lviv, Karol Gustáv declared his full support for Ukraine.
- The king and Zelensky together laid flowers in memory of the fallen soldiers.
- Sweden provides large-scale military aid to Ukraine with the support of society.
The Swedish television STV brought images of the 79-year-old king meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Respect and support
“You have our full support,” Karol Gustáv said in a short speech in Lviv, Swedish news agency TT reported.
Zelenskyy published a separate video on social networks, in which it can be seen how together with the Swedish monarch they honored the memory of fallen Ukrainian soldiers by laying flowers. “We are extremely grateful for this show of respect,” the Ukrainian president wrote on the X platform.
Special support for Ukraine
Karol Gustáv arrived in Ukraine together with the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard. A statement from the Swedish government indicates that its program includes “further visits to gather experience gained during the war”.
“Swedish support for Ukraine is special. It has broad political support, but it also comes from society and from people’s hearts,” the TT agency quoted the head of Swedish diplomacy as saying.
Sweden, like many other European countries, has provided Ukraine with military aid packages since the beginning of the invasion, DPA adds.
