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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid a visit to troops near the eastern front on Monday after spending the weekend in Germany trying to rally Kiev’s allies as the two-year anniversary of Russia’s all-out invasion nears. “I am happy to be here today and to see you,” he said as he presented medals to combat troops during a ceremony at a command post near the city of Kupiansk in the war-battered Kharkiv region. Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said earlier that two more Russian fighter jets had been shot down. The Sukhoi Su-34 and Su-35C crashed in the occupied part of the Do…

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