{"id":1395626,"date":"2026-06-25T17:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1395626"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:21:17","slug":"zelenskyy-von-der-leyen-discuss-defense-cooperation-and-support-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-von-der-leyen-discuss-defense-cooperation-and-support-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy, von der Leyen Discuss Defense Cooperation and Support for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he held a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who is attending the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026) in Gda\u0144sk, to discuss strengthening defense cooperation and continued European support for Ukraine,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n   <p>Zelenskyy thanked von der Leyen for what he described as an important signal of support during the international recovery conference.<\/p>\n   <p>The two leaders discussed defense cooperation, measures to strengthen Ukraine&#8217;s resilience, and additional support to protect civilians from Russian attacks, including supplies for the Ukrainian Defense Forces.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt is obvious to everyone that Russia is prolonging the war and ignoring all of Ukraine&#8217;s diplomatic proposals,\u201d Zelenskyy said. \u201cThat is why we must do everything possible to strengthen our country and protect our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>The president added that he and von der Leyen agreed to remain in close contact and continue their discussions in person in the near future.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/latvian-intelligence-russia-preparing-hybrid-attacks-against-nato-s-eastern-flank\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/latvian-intelligence-russia-preparing-hybrid-attacks-against-nato-s-eastern-flank\/\">Latvian Intelligence: Russia Preparing Hybrid Attacks Against NATO\u2019s Eastern Flank<\/a><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he held a phone call with European Commission &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1367444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36418,36415],"tags":[78,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1395626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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