Everything that Ukraine needs, European security also needs, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today to representatives of the media within the framework of the summit of the "Three Seas" Initiative. in the Lithuanian capital "Vilnius", writes BTA.
"First, I want to thank you very much for the invitation. My whole team and I are extremely happy to be here. I would like to thank the Lithuanian people for their great support. You have been with us since the first days of the full-scale Russian war, in all of this – this trial, this tragedy. We discuss with our partners everything that Ukraine needs, but it is also necessary for European security. The number one task, of course, remains air defense," said the Ukrainian president.
Zelensky also mentioned the attacks on Kharkiv, Odesa and Zaporozhye regions last night. "For us, this is the biggest test today,", said the Ukrainian head of state.
The ninth edition of the "Three Seas" Initiative forum is being held in Vilnius today. It is a political project of 13 EU countries located between the Baltic, Adriatic and Black seas, including Bulgaria. Also participating are Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania and Greece. Associate members are Ukraine and Moldova.
The host of the forum this year – Lithuanian President Gintaras Nauseda put the focus of today's summit on Ukraine.