Several Western leaders and foreign ministers are scheduled to visit Kyiv in the coming days in a flurry of diplomatic activity that aims to deter a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine and find a peaceful way out of the crisis.
This show of presence, coupled with weapons deliveries by some of these countries, intends to demonstrate solidarity with Kyiv just as Russian President Vladimir Putin massed more than 100,000 troops around Ukraine, in what Washington says could be an imminent invasion.