What is POLITICO Pro? Policy areas Our Pro coverage Request a demo Contact us Voiced by artificial intelligence. POLITICO reported that Zelenskyy — who according to his aides has never had his calls picked up by Xi, while the Chinese leader has instead met or called Putin on multiple occasions over the past year — was also planning a visit to Brussels on Thursday, before bungled EU communications threw the trip into doubt. The European External Action Service, the EU’s diplomatic arm, has not replied to a request for comment