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epa09827724 A handout photo made available by the Presidential press service shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal (R) attending the delegation meeting with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, leader of the Poland's governing Law and Justice (PiS) party Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 15 March 2022. The prime ministers of Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovenia are in Kyiv to speak with President Zelensky and Prime Minister Shmyhal with the approval from the EU, yet without a formal mandate. On 24 February Russian troops had entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'special military operation', resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, a huge flow of refugees, and multiple sanctions against Russia EPA/PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE HANDOUT HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES