If Ukraine quickly gains real membership in the European Union, Russia will lose one of its biggest grounds for trying to destabilize Ukraine and Europe, which is why a fast track is needed. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized this during the European Council meeting in Brussels.

The first cluster was recently opened, and it is fully deserved for both Ukraine and Moldova. And we are ready to move further. We will be happy to do it together. We can open the other 5 clusters as well. 

In Brussels, during the 35th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, with the participation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and the defense ministers of partner countries, participants discussed strengthening Ukraine’s air defense, the supply of artillery shells and UGVs, and the development of a European anti-ballistic program.

The leaders discussed in detail the development of bilateral and regional cooperation. The focus was on energy security, including at the regional level.

The leaders discussed the bilateral agenda and Ukraine’s European integration, as well as the remaining challenges facing all European countries because of Russian aggression.

In Brussels, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico.

We’ve done a lot to defend against drones, and our interception rate is above 90 percent. That is a serious, very serious achievement. We are also defending against cruise missiles. But Russian ballistic missiles remain a problem, and we need an answer to that problem.