{"id":33431,"date":"2026-08-18T19:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/33431\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T19:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:10:10","slug":"ukraine-and-belgium-hold-talks-in-kyiv-shelter-during-air-raid-alert-ukraine-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/33431\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine and Belgium hold talks in Kyiv shelter during air raid alert | Ukraine news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:500;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\">An air raid interrupted the usual diplomatic setting, but the meeting delivered a new pledge to support Ukraine\u2019s recovery and reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha held talks with Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation Maxime Pr\u00e9vot in a shelter at the Foreign Ministry in Kyiv. The meeting was moved to a protected facility because of an air raid alert.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarified that the alert sounded immediately before the scheduled talks. Since the start of the night, it was already the sixth air raid alert for Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>As Russian drones approached Ukraine\u2019s capital, the diplomats held talks in the Foreign Ministry\u2019s shelter  \u2013  the harsh reality of wartime diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a post on X<\/p>\n<p>Belgium invests in Ukraine\u2019s reconstruction<\/p>\n<p>During his stay in Kyiv, Maxime Pr\u00e9vot also announced an investment by Belgian investment company BIO Invest. The company will contribute $6 million to the Rebuild Ukraine Fund (REBUF), a private equity fund.<\/p>\n<p>The funds are intended to support investment projects related to Ukraine\u2019s reconstruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An air raid interrupted the usual diplomatic setting, but the meeting delivered a new pledge to support Ukraine\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[15473,7,18120,18121,1961,144,18122,18123,18119,18124],"class_list":["post-33431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-andrii-sybiha","tag-belgium","tag-bio-invest","tag-kyiv-air-raid-alert","tag-maxime-prevot","tag-news","tag-rebuild-ukraine-fund","tag-ukraine-belgium-talks","tag-ukraine-belgium-talks-kyiv-air-raid-alert-andrii-sybiha-maxime-prevot-ukraine-reconstruction-bio-invest-rebuild-ukraine-fund","tag-ukraine-reconstruction"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/117118096103921596","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}