The visit is 'a slap in the face for the Russians', an official said
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is making his first official visit to Serbia on Saturday as Ukraine seeks to bolster international support in the face of intensifying Russian strikes.
Zelenskyy is to hold talks with his counterpart, Alexander Vucic, at the presidential palace, after another intense bombardment of Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight killed at least three people and wounded seven.
A senior Ukrainian official earlier described Zelensky’s visit to Moscow’s traditional ally Serbia as “a slap in the face for the Russians”.
Serbia is historically close to Russia, and Vucic has refused to sanction Moscow, a move that has irked the EU and slowed Belgrade’s path to joining the bloc.
