“Good morning Ukraine, it’s good to be again,” she wrote on Twitter, posting an image of herself strolling in Kyiv with the French ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins.

Throughout her go to, Colonna is anticipated to fulfill along with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba and with Ukraine’s prime prosecutor Andriy Kostin.

She can also be scheduled to carry talks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and to go to to a navy airport within the metropolis of Gostomel, north of Kyiv.

“The minister needs to reveal France’s solidarity with the Ukrainian folks and its full willpower to strengthen its help for Ukraine and its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” her ministry stated in a press release.

Colonna’s go to comes as Moscow is staging annexation referendums for 4 jap Ukrainian areas to develop into a part of Russia, votes denounced by Kyiv and its Western allies.

French President Emmanuel Macron referred to as the referendums a “travesty” and “provocation”, talking on the sidelines of the UN Common Meeting final week.