Zelenskyy announces new meeting of Ukraine's allies in Berlin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (photo: facebook.com/zelenskyy.official)
The Coalition of the Willing will meet in Berlin next week. The allies will continue coordinating further support for Ukraine amid ongoing Russian attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The announcement of the meeting in Germany came following multilateral talks among Ukraine's key partners, held today, November 12, in Dublin.
The discussions involved leaders of European countries and Canada, as well as the leadership of the European Union and NATO.
The main topic of the talks was strengthening assistance to Kyiv amid relentless Russian attacks.
In particular, participants focused on supplying missiles for air defense systems, providing energy assistance and building new shelters, ensuring Ukraine's financial stability and making new contributions to the PURL program, and developing long-term security guarantees.
"We count on our partners' support on all these issues. A meeting of the Coalition of the Willing is scheduled for next week in Berlin, where we will continue our coordination," Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed.
The president also highlighted the British government's decision to introduce a new package of sanctions against Russia's oil sector.
London became the first to impose sanctions on all ten of Russia's largest oil producers at once.
"This is another step toward restricting the resources Russia uses to finance its war. Thank you for the steps that bring peace closer," the head of state concluded.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had previously announced plans to hold a Coalition of the Willing summit in Berlin.
At the time, it was reported that during the meeting, the allies planned to coordinate further military assistance to Ukraine and future security guarantees following a possible ceasefire, as well as coordinate their next diplomatic steps.
In addition, new agreements to strengthen Ukraine's air defenses were announced on November 12.
Following talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the Alliance expressed its readiness to help Ukraine obtain PAC-2 and PAC-3 air defense missiles for Patriot systems.
