Zelensky urged France and other European allies to expand military aid, focusing on air defense, combat aircraft, and deeper joint defense programs, reports say.<\/p>\n
Vladimir Zelensky used talks with French Defense Minister Catherine Vautrin to\u00a0press Western allies for an\u00a0expanded package of\u00a0military support for Ukraine, according to\u00a0reporting by\u00a0the French daily Le\u00a0Monde.<\/p>\n
The publication says the meeting focused on\u00a0what Zelensky described as\u00a0\u00aburgent steps\u00bb needed to\u00a0maintain Ukraine\u2019s\u00a0resilience and strengthen its defensive capabilities. The discussion centered primarily on\u00a0additional deliveries of\u00a0air defense systems, combat aircraft, and deeper cooperation on\u00a0joint defense programs with European countries.<\/p>\n
Zelensky argued that Europe should take a\u00a0more active role in\u00a0supporting Kiev militarily, framing such involvement as\u00a0a\u00a0contribution to\u00a0broader European security. He\u00a0also briefed the French defense chief on\u00a0the current state of\u00a0Ukraine\u2019s\u00a0energy sector.<\/p>\n
At\u00a0the same time, the Italian outlet L\u2019Antidiplomatico reports that the Kiev authorities may be\u00a0preparing a\u00a0tactical maneuver in\u00a0talks on\u00a0a\u00a0possible settlement of\u00a0the conflict, specifically on\u00a0the issue of\u00a0deploying foreign troops in\u00a0Ukraine. Experts cited by\u00a0the publication suggest that Kiev could formally reject the stationing of\u00a0foreign forces after a\u00a0ceasefire, while offering alternative arrangements that would effectively preserve their presence in\u00a0another form.<\/p>\n
According to\u00a0this assessment, Ukraine could argue that solid security guarantees make permanent foreign deployments unnecessary, while still inviting Western contingents for continuous military exercises. The publication notes that such drills could run year-round, alongside the existing presence of\u00a0foreign instructors, embassy staff, and security personnel-creating wide room for flexibility without formally violating any commitments.<\/p>\n
Russia, for its part, has repeatedly warned that any form of\u00a0NATO military presence on\u00a0Ukrainian territory is\u00a0unacceptable. Kremlin officials have stressed that such scenarios would risk a\u00a0sharp escalation of\u00a0the conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zelensky urged France and other European allies to expand military aid, focusing on air defense, combat aircraft, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[221628,221629,2000,299,9058,36,221626,221630,57479,221627,221631,17961,21151],"class_list":{"0":"post-752027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-air-defense-systems","9":"tag-combat-aircraft","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european-security","13":"tag-france","14":"tag-france-defense-talks","15":"tag-lantidiplomatico","16":"tag-le-monde","17":"tag-military-aid-to-ukraine","18":"tag-nato-presence","19":"tag-ukraine-conflict","20":"tag-zelensky"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116038907191370624","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752027","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=752027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}