BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCT. 23, 2025) (ZELENSKYY'S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT) RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “ZELENSKYY’S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY— SHOTLIST: 1. VARIOUS OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODMYR ZELENSKYY SHAKING HANDS / MEETING WITH HIS FRENCH COUNTERPART EMMANUEL MACRON 2. ITALIAN PREMIER GIORGIA MELONI WELCOMING VOLODYMR ZELENSKYY 3. GERMAN PRIME MINISTER FRIEDRICH MERZ MEETING WITH VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY 4. VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY MEETING WITH POLISH PRIME MINISTER DONALD TUSK 5. VOLODMYR ZELENSKYY WELCOMING CZECH PRIME MINISTER PETR FIALA 6. VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY MEETING WITH FINNISH PREMIER PETTERI ORPO BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 23: Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy met with leaders of the European Union in Belgian capital Brussels to discuss Russia-Ukraine war, regional and bilateral relations on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Zelenskyy hold meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, and Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo respectively. Russia launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, claiming it was aimed at protecting people in the eastern region. Since then, millions have been displaced, thousands have lost their homes and hundreds of medical and educational institutions have been destroyed.