Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,
Keir, Mette, Dick, Mark, and everyone here,
Thank you for today’s meeting, today’s Coalition. These are two important days for us, very important: today the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in London, and the day before there was an EU leaders’ meeting in Brussels.
I thank you, guys, for all the support and your readiness to keep helping.
And today all the partners confirmed that next year they will continue to support Ukraine – our country, our resilience – especially the financial support, which is crucial.
And today the new Prime Minister of Japan joined the Coalition for the first time, and all the signals are clear – thank you.
We all see the challenges these days. The Russians are carrying out a campaign of terror against our energy system. They really want to make the winter cold a tool of torment and pressure on Ukraine – on our people and on our defense.
Russia’s goal hasn’t changed – they want to break us, they want to break Ukraine, and they are doing everything to achieve it. So that's why our defense means everything that truly stops Russia from killing, destroying, and terrorizing.
First – air defense.
Today we spoke in detail with our partners about the systems. It’s important that our partners focus on what’s most practical and effective. We gave all the details.
Second – of course, it’s important that everyone agrees the front needs substantial attention, and the focus must be on it, and thanks for all the steps of help.
And third – we are promoting a more meaningful approach to diplomacy. Diplomacy matters only when it can lead to real decisions. And when it comes to Russia, that “dish” has many ingredients. The essential ones are real forms of pressure on Russia: sanctions, our long-range capabilities, political pressure, accountability for war crimes, and real actions regarding Russian assets. Today we all agreed.
Sanctions that hit Russian oil infrastructure, Russian oil companies are a big step. And I thank President Trump and all our partners who are implementing this.
And we have to apply pressure not only to Rosneft and Lukoil, but to all Russian oil companies like Surgutneftegas and others, and to the shadow fleet and its infrastructure, and to Russia’s oil terminals.
And we have to implement all we have discussed today about Russia's shadow fleet.
Besides, we are carrying out our own campaign of pressure with drones and missiles – specifically targeting the Russian oil sector. So the long-range capability directly strengthens diplomacy – the more losses Putin suffers on his own territory, the fewer assaults he can carry out on the front line, and the faster he will agree to meaningful diplomacy. That is why we are working to secure Tomahawk cruise missiles, additional Storm Shadow missiles, and other capabilities. Thank you very much, Keir, for today’s decision. Thank you for your support, for what you said, including about the long-range capability. There must be no option left for Russia except to end the war and return peace to our country.
Of course, I also want to thank our partners for working with us to produce weapons – for investing in our country, for joint projects, and for the agreements we are now implementing.
And one more point is the PURL program, I thank you for each contribution. Mark, thank you for coordinating this program, for each contribution. And today we agreed to step up in the coming months.
Peace is born from pressure on the aggressor, and that is what we must continue to do. Thank you.
