“ The current Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Juozas Olekas is visiting Ukraine for the first time in this position and met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyi. Source: “European Truth” with reference to Zelenskyi’s social networks. Details: Zelenskyi noted that he met with Juozas Olekas in Kyiv and this is his first visit to Ukraine as speaker of the Diet. I held a meeting with Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania, Juozas Olekas, who is visiting Ukraine for the first time in this capacity. We discussed the implementation of the PURL and SAFE initiatives, opportunities for joint weapons production, and Ukraine’s European integration.… pic.twitter.com/s5Bvvc2Pfz— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@ZelenskyyUa) October 28, 2025 According to him, they talked about the implementation of the NATO PURL initiative with the purchase of American weapons for Ukraine at the expense of other allies, the European defense initiative SAFE, about the possibilities of joint production of weapons and the European integration of Ukraine. “The need to increase sanctions pressure on Russia and the preparation of the 20th package of EU sanctions were separately touched upon. New restrictions are needed against the banking sector, the shadow fleet, and Russian propagandists,” Zelenskyi said. He also thanked Lithuania for consistent and reliable support of Ukraine. Background: On October 28, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania sent another note of protest to the temporary representative of Russia due to the continuation of mass shelling of Ukraine. In recent days, Lithuania has suffered from the intrusion of dozens of weather probes from Belarus with contraband cigarettes into its airspace – this was enough to paralyze the operation of the Vilnius airport. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kästutis Budris, stated that the contraband weather probes over Lithuania are nothing more than a new hybrid provocation by the Russian Federation and Belarus against NATO. In this connection, Lithuania decided to close the border with Belarus for an indefinite period. The government also announced that the military will shoot down weather probes in the future.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Volodymyr Zelenskyi, Juozas Olekas, photo: OP Source: “European Truth” with reference to Zelenskyi’s social networks
Details: Zelensky noted that he met with Juozas Olekas in Kyiv and that this is his first visit to Ukraine as Speaker of the Diet.
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According to him, they talked about the implementation of the NATO PURL initiative for the purchase of American weapons for Ukraine at the expense of other allies, the European defense initiative SAFE, the possibilities of joint production of weapons and the European integration of Ukraine.
“The need to increase sanctions pressure on Russia and the preparation of the 20th package of EU sanctions were separately touched upon. New restrictions are needed against the banking sector, the shadow fleet, and Russian propagandists,” Zelenskyi said.
He also thanked Lithuania for consistent and reliable support of Ukraine.
PrehistoryI:
- On October 28, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania sent another note of protest to the temporary representative of Russia due to the continuation of mass shelling of Ukraine.
- In recent days, Lithuania has suffered from the intrusion of dozens of weather probes from Belarus with contraband cigarettes into its airspace – this was enough to paralyze the operation of the Vilnius airport.
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kästutis Budris, stated that the contraband weather probes over Lithuania are nothing more than a new hybrid provocation by the Russian Federation and Belarus against NATO.
- In this connection, Lithuania decided to close the border with Belarus for an indefinite period. The government also announced that the military will shoot down weather probes in the future.