Zelenskyy pitches new joint security system to European allies

Ukraine to clasp talks with the European partners this week focused connected creating a associated defence system, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced earlier visiting Berlin connected Tuesday.

“I americium confident: either Ukraine becomes an integral portion of Europe’s information system, oregon immoderate successful Europe hazard becoming portion of the 'Russian world,'" Zelenskyy said.

Ukraine’s president reiterated that Kyiv stands acceptable to “support those who enactment us”.

“Our Ukrainian information acquisition and our subject expertise are present the astir sought-after products for dozens of countries worldwide,” Zelenskyy said, referring to Kyiv’s precocious signed defence agreements with the Middle East.

Ukraine has already signed 10-year agreements with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE. Kyiv is besides successful talks with Kuwait, Oman, Turkey, Syria portion countries successful Asia and Africa “are funny successful Ukraine’s acquisition arsenic well.”

“Ukraine is simply a planetary shaper of spot and information – that is already the case, and it volition stay so,” Zelenskyy said, announcing his talks with the European partners this week, pursuing his circuit successful the Middle East.

What could this associated defence strategy look like?

Having wrapped up the sojourn to the Gulf states followed by trips to Turkey and Syria, Zelenskyy said past week that, should the US earnestly see withdrawing from NATO, European information would beryllium based “solely connected the European Union”.

According to Ukraine’s president, arsenic it stands now, it would not beryllium enough, and this is wherever non-EU countries including Ukraine could measurement in.

“The UK, Ukraine, Türkiye, and Norway. These are 4 beardown countries, which are portion of Europe,” Zelenskyy said.

After the talks successful Berlin, Zelenskyy volition question to Norway to conscionable with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Søre, scheduled for Tuesday evening.

“Together, the UK, Ukraine, and Türkiye person armies that are stronger than Russia's army," Zelenskyy said past week, adding that without Ukraine and Turkey, Europe cannot lucifer Russia.

“With the 4 countries connected committee you tin wrest power of the seas, person unafraid skies and the largest onshore forces," Zelenskyy pointed out.

“It’s not astir offence, due to the fact that erstwhile Russia makes the determination to person an service of 2.5 cardinal radical by 2030, Europe has to deliberation astir information and however to sphere its independence," helium added.

What tin Ukraine bring to the table?

Kyiv tin lend to European defence, archetypal and foremost, with its drones: first-person-view, interceptors, long-range, and naval ones.

Ukraine’s defence manufacture has ramped up location production, with astir weapons present utilized connected the frontlines made domestically.

Zelenskyy said that successful the archetypal 3 months of 2026, crushed robotic systems performed much than 22,000 missions connected Ukraine’s beforehand line.

“In different words, lives were saved much than 22,000 times erstwhile a robot went into the astir unsafe areas alternatively of a warrior. This is astir precocious exertion protecting the highest worth — quality life,” Zelenskyy said.

He besides said for the archetypal clip since the opening of Russia’s all-out warfare against Ukraine, Kyiv forces person captured Russian positions “exclusively by unmanned platforms — crushed systems and drones.”

“The occupiers surrendered, and the cognition was carried retired without infantry and without losses connected our side," helium explained.

Ukraine’s maritime drones

An important portion of Ukraine’s UAV arsenal is the home-made maritime drones, which played a important relation successful securing the Black Sea corridor and Kyiv’s atom exports.

Ukraine employs oversea drones and specialised weaponry to unafraid the corridor, enabling maritime traffic, and Zelenskyy offered the aforesaid attack to unblock the Strait of Hormuz.

“When radical speech astir information successful the Strait of Hormuz, it is often a theoretical discussion,” helium said, explaining that “those who talk astir it person not conducted specified operations themselves. Ukrainians have.”

“We person fought an force fleet, aerial strikes, and naval mines – we person been done each of it. And if partners connection america practice connected adjacent footing, Ukraine tin help.”

Maritime drones person been included successful Kyiv’s defence agreements with the Gulf states.

French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer are acceptable to co-host a videoconference connected Friday to representation retired a program to unafraid the Strait of Hormuz, arsenic the play bid talks betwixt Tehran and Washington failed to present an agreement.

It is unclear astatine this signifier if Zelenskyy volition instrumentality portion successful the talks.