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STORY: President Widodo, better known as Jokowi, and his wife arrived in the Ukrainian capital by train, video released by the palace showed. He then travelled to war-torn Irpin, near Kyiv, to witness the destruction of civilian residential areas following Russia's invasion into Ukraine.

Jokowi is the chair of the Group of 20 (G20) nations and one of six world leaders the United Nations appointed as "champions" of a Global Crisis Response Group (GCRG), formed to address the threat of hunger and destitution posed by the war in Ukraine.

Before the war, Ukraine had been one of Indonesia's biggest wheat suppliers.

Jokowi will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy before traveling to Russia for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Indonesian leader said he will urge Putin to agree to a ceasefire.