Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: Office of the President

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on 18 June that a "very important event" is coming in the development of a joint anti-ballistic defence system between Ukraine and its European partners.

Source: Zelenskyy in an audio comment to journalists on 18 June, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Zelenskyy is currently in Brussels, where he is expected to take part in a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (also known as the Ramstein format), held on the sidelines of the NATO defence ministers' meeting. The day before, he held talks in Brussels with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius.

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