3 leaders across 3 countries this week.
The NATO summit is in Ankara, and, as the partners say, Ukraine is here by right. Our main task is more air defense and stronger diplomatic positions. All meetings planned for today took place and some important ones were not planned. Ukraine always works for an effective and equal partnership and for the protection of life. Thanks to everyone who helps!
Signed an agreement with Denmark in the form of a Drone Deal. This is the ninth such agreement for Ukraine, and it is important that more and more partners join this format, which opens up more opportunities for joint defense production, exchange of expertise, and transparency in arms exports. Together we are building a new security architecture. Thanks to Denmark, Matt personally for this step in strengthening joint protection. It was with Denmark that we started co-production in Ukraine within…
Signed an agreement on defense cooperation in the form of a Drone Deal with the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kristen Michal, during our meeting in Ankara. This agreement is not only a way to speed up cooperation between our countries. This is a step and a sign of confidence, because we are entering into such a deal with a very close friend, and it means a lot. We will develop joint military production on the territory of both countries, including important means of defense of the sky. Separately i…
He met with the Secretary General of NATO in Ankara. Thanks to Mark Rutte for his personal support and help to Ukraine and our people. Informed Mark about the consequences of Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and communities. They discussed the protection of our people from Russian ballistics and the need for urgent deliveries of missiles to air defense systems. Separately, they talked about the additional contributions of the Alliance countries to the PURL program and efforts to create an ant…
There is important work ahead in Ankara. We look forward to a strong and productive NATO summit. Now we need solutions that will give more protection to our people, more opportunities for our defense and even stronger security cooperation between Ukraine, Europe and America. NATO Defense Industries Forum, nearly two dozen bilateral meetings with leaders, new Drone Deals and other agreements with partners are planned. We will continue to work on strengthening air defense for Ukraine. New systems,…
For more convenient access to government’s news, you will be temporarily redirected to the previous version of the website. News will soon be available on this website as well. Kristen Michal: Drone agreement with Ukraine benefits both Estonia’s defence industry and defence capabilities According to Prime Minister Kristen Michal, the drone agreement creates new opportunities to combine the lessons learned from Ukraine’s wartime experience with the capabilities of Estonia’s defence industry and…
Spoke with the President of France. Emmanuel clearly knows all the details of what the diplomatic outlook is now. And it is important that we take every step we take in the negotiations, in putting pressure on Russia, in bringing peace to the maximum possible preparedness and coordination with key partners. Our position is that Europe should be in the process of diplomacy, and Europe's voice should matter. Of course, I informed about the situation on the battlefield, about the key threats. Russi…
Spoke with the Prime Minister of Sweden. I am grateful to Ulf for his support and for a clear position regarding the Russian war against Ukraine, against our people. The key is, of course, air defense. Now we can see that the Russians are betting on ballistic strikes, combined strikes, jet "shahedis". Defending against this is the key to denying Russia the ability to drag out the war. Of course, we talked with Ulf about things that could be done for greater protection. We are working actively to…
Kyiv, July.5 (SANA)Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyydiscussed withFrench PresidentEmmanuel Macronthe coordination of diplomatic efforts to achieve peace, the situation on the front lines, and Ukraine’s need for additional air defense systems. According to Ukrinform, the Ukrainian president announced this on Telegram. According to him, Macron has been briefed on the current diplomatic prospects. “It is important that every step we take in negotiations, in putting pressure on Russia, and i…
Conducted the Stavka. An important achievement of our state and our weapons manufacturers: Ukraine has achieved the ability to produce such a volume of technological types of weapons that can exceed Russian capabilities in the long term. Today, this is exactly what we paid the most attention to. And we also talked with the manufacturers themselves about what is needed from the state, from administrative decisions, from funding, in order to maximize all types of Ukrainian capabilities and ensure …
Over the next six months, we can make real progress on the Drone Deal that Ukraine has proposed to the European Union. We have also concluded a good number of bilateral agreements and established wider partnerships with European countries, which can contribute to the wider use of new Ukrainian defense technologies, in particular drone and anti-drone systems, which have already proven their effectiveness. Today, every country needs modern means at least to monitor and protect its own airspace and…