{"id":351868,"date":"2025-08-17T14:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T14:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/351868\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T14:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T14:54:13","slug":"european-commission-president-says-strong-security-guarantees-a-must-for-ukraine-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/351868\/","title":{"rendered":"European Commission president says &#8216;strong security guarantees&#8217; a must for Ukraine, EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Ukrainian President Zelenskyy insists security must work in practice, citing NATO&#8217;s Article 5 and describing EU membership as part of security guarantees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GENEVA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday that &#8220;peace must be achieved through strength&#8221; and that &#8220;strong security guarantees&#8221; are required to protect Ukraine and Europe&#8217;s security interests.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First, we must have strong security guarantees to protect both Ukraine&#8217;s and Europe&#8217;s vital security interests,&#8221; von der Leyen said, adding that Kyiv &#8220;must be able to uphold its sovereignty and its territorial integrity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She made these remarks during a joint press briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which preceded a &#8220;Coalition of the Willing&#8221; meeting later in the day, ahead of the Ukrainian leader&#8217;s visit to Washington, DC, on Monday, along with EU leaders and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.<\/p>\n<p>She stressed that there could be &#8220;no limitations on Ukrainian armed forces, be it cooperation with or assistance from other third countries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I\u2019ve often said, Ukraine must become a steel porcupine, undigestible for potential invaders,&#8221; von der Leyen declared. She welcomed what she described as US President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;willingness to contribute to Article 5-like security guarantees for Ukraine,&#8221; saying the European Union is &#8220;ready to do its share.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Article 5 of the NATO treaty enshrines the principle of collective defense, meaning an attack on one member is considered an attack on all.<\/p>\n<p>The commission president also confirmed the bloc was preparing a 19th sanctions package against Russia for early September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyiv expects EU accession as part of security guarantees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy, speaking alongside von der Leyen, emphasized that Kyiv&#8217;s security must be binding and practical.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need security to work in practice, like Article Five of NATO, and we consider EU accession to be part of security guarantees,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Calling for continued unity among allies, Zelenskyy stressed: &#8220;It\u2019s crucial that Europe is as united now as it was at the very beginning, as it was in 2022 when the full-scale war began. This unity really helps to reach real peace, and it must stay strong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian leader warned that Russia showed &#8220;no sign that the trilateral will happen&#8221; with Kyiv and Washington, arguing that if Moscow refuses to engage, &#8220;then new sanctions must follow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He appealed for expanded EU support programs, including drones and assistance for Ukrainian children.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy also warned that there can be &#8220;no division&#8221; between Ukraine and Moldova, calling it such a division would be &#8220;a very bad move.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And if such a division takes place, it will automatically mean that Europe is divided on Ukraine, that Europe does not have a common and strong position on guarantees,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ukrainian President Zelenskyy insists security must work in practice, citing NATO&#8217;s Article 5 and describing EU membership as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[5340,2000,299,5187,1699,332,657,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-351868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-european","12":"tag-european-union","13":"tag-russia","14":"tag-ukraine","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115044683909204326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}