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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky making first official visit to Russia-friendly Serbia

Nypost · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · · 492 words · By Associated Press
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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky making first official visit to Russia-friendly Serbia See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky making first official visit to Russia-friendly Serbia See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google BELGRADE, Serbia — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will on Saturday make his first official visit to Serbia, one of the few European countries that have maintained friendly relations with Russia despite its invasion of…

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The office of Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vučić announced the visit late Thursday.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Belgrade... has provided aid to Ukraine”
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While one web search result mentions Belgrade has provided aid to Ukraine, the other provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Serbia's history and does not confirm the aid.
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web search NEUTRAL — The history of Serbia covers the historical development of Serbia and of its predecessor states, from the Early Stone Age to the present state, as well as that of the Serbian people and of the areas t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Serbia
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web search NEUTRAL — Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија / Republika Srbija), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Србија / Srbija), is a country in Southeastern Europe, and a part of the Balkans.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia
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web search NEUTRAL — By the mid-16th century, the Ottoman Empire annexed the entirety of modern-day Serbia; their rule was at times interrupted by the Habsburg Empire, which began expanding towards Central Serbia from the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia
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Claim 2: “Vučić traveled to Ukraine twice to attend summits on strengthening European support for Kyiv’s fight against Russian aggression”
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Claim 3: “Serbia relies almost entirely on Russia for its energy supplies.”
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Multiple sources state Serbia is almost entirely dependent on Russian energy/gas, although one source notes Vučić is currently attempting to diversify these supplies.
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web search NEUTRAL — Serbia relies almost entirely on Russia for its energy supplies. Though Belgrade has refused to sanction Russia, it has provided aid to Ukraine and Vucic has recently stepped up contacts with Kyiv, in…
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/2026-08-07-ukraines-z…
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web search NEUTRAL — Serbia is almost entirely dependent on Russian gas imports and generates about 70% of its electricity needs in its aging coal-fired power plants, Reuters reports.
https://www.novinite.com/articles/216557/Albania,+Serbia+and…
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web search NEUTRAL — Serbia is diversifying its energy supply and reducing its dependence on Russia, and is already in talks to purchase natural gas through the European Union's (EU) joint procurement mechanism, Serbian P…
https://en.vijesti.me/world-a/balkan/794325/Vučić:-Serbia-is…
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Claim 4: “Vučić and Zelensky have met on several occasions since the start of the Russian invasion.”
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Claim 5: “The office of Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vučić announced the visit late Thursday.”
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Two independent sources confirm that President Aleksandar Vučić's office announced the visit late Thursday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Zelensky arrived in Belgrade on Friday for the visit, which Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's office announced late Thursday...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmeMsKFitJA
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web search NEUTRAL — The office of Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic announced the visit late Thursday. Zelensky’s office has not officially confirmed his trip to Belgrade.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2653785/world
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web search NEUTRAL — Volodymyr Zelensky visits Serbia for the first time since 2026, meeting Aleksandar Vučić to discuss EU integration and ties amid Russia tensions.
https://srbionik.com/en/volodymyr-zelensky-visits-serbia-vol…
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Claim 6: “Serbia also has promised to help rebuild Ukraine after the war.”
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Only one source (AOL) explicitly mentions that Serbia promised to help rebuild Ukraine; other search results discuss general reconstruction or other countries' pledges.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Argentine Government has sent the following humanitarian aid to Ukraine€150 million in technical assistance pledged for restoration and reconstruction of Ukraine through the BE-Relieve Ukraine pro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humanitarian_aid_to_Uk…
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web search NEUTRAL — The post-war reconstruction effort in Ukraine might be the largest post-war rebuilding effort in modern history. Both the United States and Europe have begun to plan for Ukraine's success.
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2200-1.html
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web search NEUTRAL — The established mythos of the Bosnian War is that Serb separatists, encouraged and directed by Slobodan Milošević and his acolytes in Belgrade, sought to forcibly seize Croat and Bosniak territory.
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/12/30/declassified-intelligence…
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Claim 7: “Vučić has refused to join international sanctions against Russia over Ukraine”
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Multiple sources confirm Serbia's refusal to join international sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.
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web search NEUTRAL — Despite formally seeking EU membership, Serbia has refused to introduce international sanctions against its ally Russia. EU officials have repeatedly warned Serbia that it will have to align itself wi…
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/live-updates-russia-pounds-militar…
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web search NEUTRAL — Vucic has refused to join international sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, citing historic ties between the two Slavic nations.Russia has faced international condemnation and sanctions since it la…
https://www.cp24.com/news/world/2026/08/07/ukraines-zelensky…
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web search NEUTRAL — Serbia has refused to join international sanctions against Russia following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, prompting the European Parliament to pass a resolution strongly regretting Belgrade's non-alig…
https://kosovodispatch.com/en/prishtina/serbia-has-made-is-c…
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Claim 8: “Serbia is in the process of joining the EU”
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The official European Commission website explicitly lists Serbia's membership status as 'candidate country'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. A supranational union with a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an es…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union
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web search NEUTRAL — The European Union (EU) is a group of 27 nations in Europe, formed in the aftermath of World War II. The first batch of countries joined in 1957, including Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg,…
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/european-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Serbia. Membership status: candidate country.The European Commission adopts its strategy for ‘A credible enlargement perspective for and enhanced EU engagement with the Western Balkans'. 11-12-2017.
https://enlargement.ec.europa.eu/countries/serbia_en
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Claim 9: “Vučić... has faced a year of youth-led protests following a train station disaster in November 2024 that killed 16 people.”
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Wikipedia confirms that in November 2024, a railway station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad killing 16 people, leading to student-led protests that spread by March 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In September 2021, a series of environmental protests began in Belgrade and other locations in Serbia. Protesters demanded the rejection of Rio Tinto's mine investment and the withdrawal of proposed c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021–2022_Serbian_environmenta…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In November 2024, mass protests began in Novi Sad after the city's railway station canopy collapsed, killing 16 people and leaving one severely injured. By March 2025, student-led protests calling for…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–present_Serbian_anti-corr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aleksandar Vučić (born 5 March 1970) is a Serbian politician serving as President of Serbia since 2017. A founding member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as President of t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandar_Vučić
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Claim 10: “Russia last year accused Serbia of exporting arms to Ukraine through NATO member states”
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Multiple sources confirm that Russia accused Serbia of exporting arms to Ukraine via third countries/NATO member states, describing it as a 'stab in the back'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — NATO is a military alliance of thirty-two European and North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defense. The process of joining the alliance is governed by Article 10 of the No…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2015, the relationship between Serbia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been regulated in the context of an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia–NATO_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) started in 1991 following Ukraine's independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Ukraine-NATO ties gradually stre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine–NATO_relations
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Claim 11: “Russia has faced international condemnation and sanctions since it launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.”
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Wikipedia entries on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine confirm the invasion and the resulting international condemnation and sanctions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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Claim 12: “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will on Saturday make his first official visit to Serbia”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that President Volodymyr Zelensky is making his first official visit to Serbia on Saturday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The depiction of the Russo-Ukrainian War in cinema has become an important phenomenon of modern Ukrainian cinema. It has been described by film journalists and Ukrainians as not only a form of artisti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_the_Russo-…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Viktor Mihály Orbán (born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who served as the prime minister of Hungary from 1998 to 2002 and from 2010 to 2026. He has also been the president of Fides…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Orbán
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 23 June 2023, the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, staged an uprising against the Russian government. It marked the climax of the Wagner Group–Ministry of Defense conflict, which h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group_rebellion
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