{"id":1391037,"date":"2026-06-18T14:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1391037"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:05:27","slug":"air-defense-anti-ballistic-system-and-eu-clusters-zelenskyy-reveals-agenda-for-talks-with-partners-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/air-defense-anti-ballistic-system-and-eu-clusters-zelenskyy-reveals-agenda-for-talks-with-partners-in-brussels\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Defense, Anti-Ballistic System, and EU Clusters: Zelenskyy Reveals Agenda for Talks with Partners in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that during his visit to Brussels on June 18, he will participate in the opening of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in the Ramstein format and discuss key defense and European integration issues with partners, UATV English <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be opening the Ramstein meeting. I have already held talks with the NATO Secretary General and with Germany\u2019s defense minister. We are grateful to Germany and all the other defense ministers for what they have prepared for today\u2019s Ramstein meeting. First and foremost, these are issues related to PURL, air defense, Patriot systems, and anti-ballistic missiles. Nine, ten, eleven countries\u2014approximately that number\u2014are currently supporting new PURL packages. God willing, everything will work out and we will receive substantial support from such a significant number of countries,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to the president, discussions in Brussels will also focus on the development of a European anti-ballistic defense system.<\/p>\n

\u201cUkraine initiated this direction. To achieve it, we need coalition work with partners, their companies, their national security advisers, and their leaders. Today we are expecting a very important event, when German representatives will be able to share with Ukrainians what we need, and we will share with them what they need in order to take the first step toward a future anti-ballistic system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Zelenskyy also confirmed that he would participate in a meeting of the European Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very grateful to all European Union countries for opening the first cluster. This is a serious step forward for us. We are not stopping. Our goal is that in the coming weeks and months we will be able to open the remaining five clusters, so that all six clusters are opened and pave the way for our future membership in the European Union,\u201d the president stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He emphasized that Ukraine would continue working toward that objective.<\/p>\n

Under the EU\u2019s revised accession methodology introduced in 2020, negotiating chapters are grouped into six thematic clusters:<\/p>\n