{"id":16350,"date":"2026-07-13T15:47:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/16350\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:47:33","slug":"ukraine-and-9-european-nations-form-anti-ballistic-missile-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/16350\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine and 9 European nations form anti-ballistic missile coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nine European countries and Ukraine on Monday announced the formation of a coalition to develop \u201cpurely defensive\u201d anti-ballistic capabilities in Europe, citing the growing threat of ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Paris on Monday for a meeting of Kyiv\u2019s allies to reaffirm support for the country and step up pressure on Russia to end the war, now well into its fifth year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that the protection of Europe, requires a global solution of integrated missile defence architecture to deter and defeat future missile threats,\u201d said the joint declaration by Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

\"FirefightersFirefighters work at the site of a bus parking area hit by a Russian drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine on Monday. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n

\u201cBy bringing together our defence industrial base, our research, and our operational experience, we aim to build a shared anti-ballistic missile capacity for Europe,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do this not against any people, but in defence of our own,\u201d it added, citing the \u201cunique experience of Ukraine\u201d whose air defences have faced repeated Russian ballistic missile strikes in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

At least 25 heads of state were due to attend the Paris meeting, with some staying on for the military parade marking France\u2019s national public holiday on July 14 which this year will highlight support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nine European countries and Ukraine on Monday announced the formation of a coalition to develop \u201cpurely defensive\u201d anti-ballistic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6815,1434,30,194,195,2275,940,2586,791,25,1880,515,26,1341,35],"class_list":["post-16350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-anti-ballistic-capabilities","tag-denmark","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-germany","tag-italy","tag-netherlands","tag-norway","tag-paris","tag-russia","tag-spain","tag-sweden","tag-ukraine","tag-united-kingdom","tag-volodymyr-zelensky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}