Among the key topics discussed during the meeting were joint weapons production and coordination in this direction to strengthen Ukraine and all of Europe.

The main focus of the meeting was the development of joint defence production and strengthening Ukraine’s air defence with additional missiles for air defence systems. The President outlined the situation on the front line, Russian attacks, and Ukraine’s needs to protect lives. The leaders discussed opportunities and ways to ensure the necessary number of missiles.

On 17 March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer met to discuss the Ukraine-UK Strategic Dialogue. 

The Head of State thanked the United Kingdom, as well as His Majesty personally and the entire Royal Family, for their continued support and solidarity with Ukraine.

First Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Sergiy Kyslytsya and Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva held a meeting with Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs and Defense Thomas Byrne, who is on a visit to Kyiv.

Meanwhile, we are not postponing negotiations; no one is disappointed in diplomacy. This is not a matter of emotions, as some might say. It is a matter of what partners are ready for. Russia operates in a very simple way: if they are afraid, they’re willing to toe the line.

The leaders discussed the possibility of joint weapons production, the participation of Portuguese businesses in Ukraine’s recovery, and our country’s path to membership in the European Union.