The next day, Boris Johnson could be seen standing next to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv – and Scholz was back in Germany. Johnson didn’t announce his trip to Kyiv, neither upon departure nor while he was en route. He just showed up there. Casually and fearlessly, he walked with Zelenskyy through central Kyiv, speaking with passersby and receiving a briefing on the situation. It was a clear show of solidarity.
