 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kiev on May 9 for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after a new wave of Russian airstrikes on the capital. The trip falls on the European Union's Europe Day, which Ukraine adopted as its own on Monday, underlining its ambition to join Western institutions after applying to join the EU last year following Russia's invasion. von der Leyen paid respects to Ukrainian soldiers, killed since 2014 and then visited outdoor exhibition of captured Russian hardware placed on St. Michael's Square. Good to be back in Kiev. Where the values we hold dear are defended every day, she said on Twitter alongside a photograph of her arriving by train. She began her highly symbolic trip shortly before Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the Soviet victory in World War II with an annual military parade and speech on Moscow's Red Square. We are in the bridge which our defenders destroyed in order to prevent Russia's pursuit of Kiev. This is a couple of kilometers from Kiev. Have you heard of the UNESCO page? More than one thousand years old. Have you looked inside the museum? Yes. It was also one thousand years old. Our monastery is dedicated to St. Michael Archangel. The main church is dedicated to St. Archangel Michael. We have been done with the Soviet government, this church will...