New Delhi: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump held a major assembly on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in The Hague, discussing crucial protection points and navy cooperation. Their dialog targeted on strengthening Ukraine’s air protection programs amid continued Russian missile and drone strikes.
Zelenskyy expressed Ukraine’s readiness to buy US-made air protection programs to guard its cities, infrastructure, and other people, and in addition explored potential co-production of drones with the US. This assembly highlights the rising urgency for Ukraine to bolster its defenses. Zelenskyy described the 50-minute change with Trump as “good” and “substantive”.
Moreover, Zelenskyy congratulated Trump on the latest US strikes focusing on Iran’s nuclear and drone infrastructure, calling it a “profitable operation within the Center East”.
“I had assembly with POTUS in The Hague. I congratulated President Trump on the profitable operation within the Center East. The U.S. actions should weaken not solely their nuclear program but additionally their drone manufacturing capabilities. We are going to proceed to control the state of affairs,” Zelenskyy acknowledged.
One of many key themes of the assembly was Ukraine’s rising urgency to strengthen its air defence programs amid continued Russian missile and drone strikes.
Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine is actively pursuing the acquisition of US-made air defence programs to guard its cities, crucial infrastructure, church buildings, and civilian inhabitants, additionally urging broader European cooperation on this effort.
The 2 leaders additionally mentioned the potential for US-Ukraine co-production of drones, as Kyiv seeks to boost its home defence trade whereas concurrently contributing to Western safety provide chains.
The Ukrainian president additionally knowledgeable Trump concerning the latest technical conferences held in Istanbul, which included discussions on humanitarian points such because the change of prisoners and repatriation of the fallen.
“We mentioned the safety of our individuals with the President — before everything, the acquisition of American air defence programs to defend our cities, our individuals, church buildings, and infrastructure. Ukraine is able to purchase this tools and help American weapons producers. Europe can assist. We additionally mentioned the potential for the co-production of drones. We are able to strengthen one another,” he mentioned.
“I additionally knowledgeable the President about how the technical crew’s conferences in Istanbul went, in addition to the exchanges of prisoners and the fallen. Russia handed over the our bodies of its troops. Forensic examinations are at present being carried out in Kyiv to establish their relations,” the Ukrainian President added.
Zelenskyy additionally briefed Trump on the most recent battlefield developments, providing a factual account that contradicted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claims of progress.
“We talked concerning the state of affairs on the battlefield. Putin is just not profitable. I offered the President with the info about what is going on on the bottom. Thanks for the assembly and your help. I am additionally grateful for the really form phrases about our individuals. We are going to preserve working,” Zelemesky concluded.
Coming to the most recent developments within the ongoing battle between Ukraine and Russia, which is now in its fourth yr, Moscow’s missile strikes in southeastern Ukraine claimed 17 lives within the metropolis of Dnipro and left over 200 individuals injured on Tuesday (native time), inflicting widespread harm to buildings and key infrastructure, as reported by Al Jazeera. A separate Russian assault killed two people within the metropolis of Samara.
Russia additionally reported intercepting dozens of drones in a single day throughout varied areas, together with the border space Voronezh area, with Russian forces saying they’d taken management of the village of Dyliivka in jap Ukraine’s Donetsk region–a long-contested battleground because the battle first erupted in 2014, as reported by Al Jazeera.
In the meantime, the member states of NATO have dedicated to ramping up their defence spending by investing 5 per cent of their nation’s GDP yearly on “core defence necessities” in addition to defence- and security-related sectors by 2035, to bolster their navy capabilities, notably towards the long-term menace posed by Russia and the persistent problem of terrorism.
(With Inputs from ANI)