““I also emphasized the importance of fully implementing the decisions of the NATO summit in Washington,” the president said”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to him, the conversation concerned the results of yesterday’s meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council, dedicated to Russia’s use of a new ballistic missile.
“We discussed the urgent need to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense with an emphasis on specific systems that are already in place in NATO member countries. I also emphasized the importance of fully implementing the decisions of the NATO summit in Washington, because these commitments are extremely important for the morale and stability of our people,” the president said.
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He added that allowing Ukraine to strike Russian military targets had yielded results, but “it is important to keep putting pressure on Russia.”
As the Office of the President adds, Zelenskyi and Rutte also discussed the global risks created by the alliance of Russia, Iran and North Korea.
The NATO Secretary General has not publicly commented on the conversation at this time.
The meeting between the ambassadors of Ukraine and the 32 member states of the Alliance was called by Kyiv after Russia struck the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on November 21 with what President Vladimir Putin said was a new missile called Oreshnik. Putin said the strike was in response to Kiev’s use of Western-supplied long-range missiles to attack targets deep in Russia after receiving long-awaited permission from the United States.