Zelensky visits Sweden for first time since full-scale war with Russia

Firefighters work at the Taras Shevchenko Chernihiv Regional Academic of Music and Drama theatre after it was hit by a Russian attack (National Police of Ukraine via AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Sweden – his first trip to the country since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, officials said.

The visit comes as a Russian missile strike in the centre of a northern Ukrainian city killed five people and wounded dozens.