Pavel arrives in Kyiv on second day of Ukraine visit

Czech President Petr Pavel arrived in Kyiv by train on the second day of his visit to Ukraine, where he was welcomed at the main railway station by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha. He is due to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky and other senior officials. Ukrainian sources reported explosions in Kyiv on Thursday morning, with Mayor Vitali Klitschko saying air defences were intercepting enemy drones. No damage has been confirmed. Pavel began his trip in Lviv, visiting projects backed by Czech aid, including a hospital reconstruction and the Superhumans prosthetics and rehabilitation centre. He said Ukraine welcomed the decision of the new Czech government led by ANO party leader Andrej Babiš to continue the ammunition initiative.