President Jokowi Will Visit The Ukrainian Apartment Complex, Which Was Destroyed By The Russian Attack, The UN Secretary General And The French President Will Also Visit

One corner of the residential area in the city of Irpin, Ukraine which was hit by the Russian attack. (Wikimedia Commons/Rasal Hague)

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo, accompanied by First Lady Iriana, arrived in Ukraine, to be precise at Platform 1 of Kyiv Central Station, Ukraine at around 08.50 local time, Wednesday, after traveling by extraordinary train from Poland for approximately 11 hours.

A number of agendas await President Jokowi in the conflict-ridden country. Launching the website of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, President Jokowi's agenda began by visiting the rubble of the Lipky Apartment complex in Irpin City.

From there, the President and Mrs. Iriana are also scheduled to visit the Center for Endocrine Scientific and Surgery, Endocrine Organ and Tissue Transplantation in Kyiv City. After visiting the two places, President Jokowi will go to the Maryinsky Palace to have a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during the day.

One of the locations for President Jokowi's visit, the Lipky Apartment complex in Irpin City, is an area visited by state/government leaders and international organizations visiting Ukraine.

President Joko Widodo and his entourage arrived in Ukraine. (Twitter/@setkabgoid)

Last April, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Ukraine, toured a number of areas including cities around Kyiv, such as Irpin and Bucha, calling the Russian invasion of the country an absurdity in the 21st century.

"When I saw the destroyed building, I have to say how I felt. I saw my granddaughters fleeing in panic, part of the family ended up being killed. So war is an absurdity in the 21st century. War is evil ," said the UN Secretary General, launching Axios.

"Our emotion is that it is impossible for war to be acceptable in the 21st century," he added, while visiting the town of Borodyanka.

At Irpin, he focused on civilian deaths, saying, "Wherever there is war, the highest price is paid by civilians."

In the middle of this month, French President Emmanuel Macron along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis visited Ukraine, briefly visiting a number of war-affected areas, including Irpin.

After Irpin, French President Emmanuel Macron believed that Ukraine must be able to win in defending itself from Russian aggression. President Macron wrote about this in the caption of a video he posted on Twitter, taken in the liberated city of Irpin, Kyiv region, which he visited.

“Irpin in Ukraine. We saw a ruined city and a sign of barbarism. And also the heroism of the Ukrainian men and women who stopped the Russian army from attacking Kyiv. Ukraine fights. Must be able to win," wrote President Macron, according to Ukrinform.

It is known, after meeting with President Zelensky, in the afternoon, President Jokowi and Mrs. Iriana and a limited entourage will return to Kyiv Central Station to then head to Przemysl Station in Poland using KLB.