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Morning opening: What’s Europe’s plan for Ukraine?
Jakub Krupa
European foreign ministers – from Italy, France, Germany, Poland, UK, Spain, Ukraine – meet in Rome today for talks in the Weimar+ model.
They will be joined by Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte and the EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas.
Their meeting will be a chance to discuss Europe’s defence and security plans ahead of the Nato summit in The Hague later this month and coordinate their positions on Ukraine, ahead both Nato and G7 summits.
Separately, German defence minister Boris Pistorius is in Kyiv this morning, on his first trip to Ukraine since the new government of Friedrich Merz took office.
But as there is no progress in talks with Russia, and their lethal attacks on Ukraine continue daily, there is a big question looming over the meeting: what is the plan for Ukraine?
A rescuer assists a woman during an evacuation from apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Photograph: State Emergency Service Of Ukraine/Reuters
Let’s see if we get any clarity on this today.
I will bring you all the key updates here.
It’s Thursday, 12 June 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.
Good morning.