Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was set to visit Austria on Monday in his first trip to the European Union member country since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Austria is famously neutral a stance it declared in 1955 after World War II and Vienna has come under heavy criticism since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war for maintaining ties with Moscow.

Austria is famously neutral and Vienna has come under heavy criticism since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war for maintaining ties with Moscow.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Austria in his first trip to the European Union member country since Russia's full-scale invasion of his country in 2022.