Von der Leyen posted on Twitter a photo of herself on a train on Friday with Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger, who is taking part in the trip.
“I look forward to Kyiv,” he said.
Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, also posted a photo on Twitter of himself and von der Leyen embarking on their journey.
The head of the European Commission is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “sometime” on Friday, according to Ukrainian presidential spokesman Sergei Nikiforov.
The visit comes as the bloc approved a fifth package of sanctions against Russia on Thursday afternoon, in particular by imposing a ban on Russian coal imports.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba told a NATO news conference in Brussels that the sanctions would signal “serious pressure” on Russia, although he regretted the bloc’s failure to target Russian oil and natural gas. .
