Following his visit to Helsinki, the capital of Finland, on May 5 and his visit to the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands, Zelensky recently carried out an intensive visit to European countries.

On May 5, Zelensky arrived in Rome to meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella, before traveling to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis.

On May 5, Zelensky visited the German capital Berlin, where German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with him.

On May 5, French media quoted President Emmanuel Macron as saying that Zelensky had completed a visit to France and held talks with Macron, who also said that Russia had lost the Russian-Ukrainian war geopolitically.

On May 5, British media said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suddenly visited the United Kingdom after visiting Italy, Germany and France to meet with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, during which Xin Weicheng announced more military aid to Ukraine.

In less than two weeks, Zelensky has visited several major European countries, especially in the last two days, he has visited Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Vatican among the G7 members.

It is worth noting that among the four G7 members, except for the United Kingdom's strong support for the Russian-Ukrainian war, the other three countries have a vacillating attitude towards the war while providing military aid to Ukraine.

The Vatican made it clear that the war should stop as soon as possible. Pope Francis' own attitude is very similar to China's commitment to "persuading peace and promoting talks", and Francis has expressed on several occasions that he is willing to help Kiev and Moscow reach a "mutually agreed" solution to the conflict.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Pope Francis in the Vatican on May 2023, 5. （Reuters）

However, Zelensky has already rejected Francis' persuasive gestures. In a meeting with the Pope, he said: "Any potential negotiations between Ukraine and Russia do not require mediators."

In summary, Zelensky's intensive shuttle to European countries may not be as simple as "turning edges" to ask for military aid, it is likely that he has felt the fatigue of major European countries to continue to support Ukraine, and is worried that military aid from these major countries will suddenly disappear or be significantly reduced, so he needs to increase lobbying for these countries.

If this is the case, it may not be good news for the Zelensky government, which is determined to carry the war to the end and recover all the territory.

Another background to Zelensky's intensive visit is that the G7 will hold a summit in Japan this week, which intends to impose tougher sanctions against Russia and target energy and export projects that help Russia continue the war.

According to relevant officials, the G7 will announce new measures against third-country sanctions evasion, while seeking to crack down on Russia's future energy production and block trade items supporting Russia's military and military industry, and plan to change the sanctions from the original "blacklisted means not provided" to a "prohibit unless on a specific list" sanctions model.

If the new sanctions package is passed, it may deal a devastating blow to the Russian economy, science and technology, military production and military trade, and will inevitably affect Russia's combat operations on the Ukrainian front. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that Zelensky is lobbying G7 countries and will attend the G7 meeting in a specific way to strive for the G7 to further increase sanctions against Russia and maintain military aid to Ukraine.

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