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President Volodymyr Zelensky, after talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, said the meeting was "long and meaningful." The head of state reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform saw. "A long and meaningful meeting with President Trump. We covered all the really important issues. I thank Mr. President, thank the United States. We talked about how to achieve a ceasefire and real peace. We talked about how to protect our people. We appreciate the attention and willingness to help bring peace closer," Zelensky said. Read also: Trump considering Patriot supplies for Ukraine He noted that detailed information about the talks with Donald…

Europe is using maximum opportunities to support Ukraine and put pressure on Russia, but to achieve a result, the United States needs to join the effort as it could provide a powerful impetus to the process. This was stated by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz following the NATO summit in The Hague on June 25, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "There will be no military solution to this conflict. We must increase economic pressure on Moscow. The EU is doing this, tomorrow the 18th package of sanctions will finally be launched. But this alone will not be enough, we also need greater…

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would look into supplying Patriot systems to Ukraine, which he said needs them more than anything else. Trump spoke on Wednesday during a press conference following the NATO summit in The Hague, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We are going to see if we can make some of them available,” Trump said, commenting on the possibility of such supplies. He noted that anti-missile missiles “are very hard to get” since the U.S. also needs these systems, they were supplied to Israel, and they are “100%” effective. Read also: Zelensky meets with Trump in Hague Ukraine…

A meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump took place in The Hague on the sidelines of the NATO summit. This was reported by a Ukrinform correspondent in The Hague. According to presidential spokesman Serhiy Nikiforov, the talks between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump lasted about 50 minutes. The presidents did not make any statements to the media after the meeting. Earlier on Wednesday, Trump said that at the meeting with Zelensky they would discuss “difficulties, some problems.” Read also: President wants peace in Ukraine to come quickly – Trump’s spiritual advisor “We will discuss Ukraine.…

The heads of state and government of NATO countries, who met today in The Hague in the format of the North Atlantic Council, confirmed the validity of transatlantic ties and commitment to collective defense, as defined in Article 5 of the Washington Treaty. According to Ukrinform, this is stated in the final declaration of the Alliance summit. "We, the Heads of State and Government of the North Atlantic Alliance, have gathered in The Hague to reaffirm our commitment to NATO, the strongest Alliance in history, and to the transatlantic bond. We reaffirm our ironclad commitment to collective defence as enshrined…

Alliance allies will include military aid provided to Ukraine in the total defense spending determined within the Alliance as a whole. According to Ukrinform, this is stated in the final declaration of the NATO summit. “Allies reaffirm their enduring sovereign commitments to provide support to Ukraine, whose security contributes to ours, and, to this end, will include direct contributions towards Ukraine’s defence and its defence industry when calculating Allies’ defence spending,” the document says. At the same time, it is noted that the allies agreed to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, including 3.5% for key defense…

The deployment of an international military contingent in Ukraine, planned after the ceasefire is reached, would be the first operation in Europe without US participation and would radically change the security architecture of Europe This was stated in an interview with Ukrinform by retired Major General Michel Yakovleff, former Deputy Chief of Staff of NATO's Rapid Response Forces. "Guarantee forces will be deployed in Ukraine, which are combat forces ready to take part in the fight this time if the Russians start acting again. As was the case in South Korea. And this, I dare say, makes the concept of…

At the NATO summit in The Hague, the foreign ministers of Nordic countries called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine, which would pave the way negotiating a just and lasting peace. According to Ukrinform, the joint statement was published on Wednesday on the website of Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The statement emphasizes that two things are necessary to achieve this goal: continued support for Ukraine – the five Nordic countries have already committed to over 15 billion USD of military support in 2025; increased pressure on the Russian war economy – a major and transatlantically coordinated sanctions…

Continued support for Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression fully aligns with the MAGA Republicans’ “America First” principle — because if it’s not done, the United States may eventually have to send its own citizens to war. This view was expressed in an interview with Ukrinform by American pastor Mark Burns, who is considered a spiritual advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump. “Whether we agree with it or not, we are currently members of NATO. The United States is a member of the Alliance. Article Five states that if a NATO nation is under attack, we, as members of…

Despite what the media write about him, U.S. President Donald Trump wants peace in Ukraine to come quickly. This belief was expressed in an interview with Ukrinform by American pastor Mark Burns, who is referred to as a spiritual advisor to President Donald Trump. “I sent him (the U.S. President – ed.) pictures of what had happened, what the Russians were doing. These are not getting reported in the news. Then I visited the White House personally,” Burns said in response to a question about whether he had shared his impressions from a recent trip to Ukraine with President Trump.…