Visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, to the NATO headquarters in Brussels
Dmytro Kuleba met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: “I began my day at NATO Headquarters in Brussels by meeting my Danish colleague and friend Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
I am grateful to Denmark for its excellent support for Ukraine: military aid, investment, recovery, and other assistance. We discussed Ukraine’s priority needs in military aid, particularly air defense systems and missiles.
I am also pleased that Denmark is working on a new military aid package to bolster our defense”.
Dmytro Kuleba had a meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland Radosław Sikorski
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: «During our meeting, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland Radosław Sikorski and I discussed ways how Poland can contribute to defending Ukrainian airspace from Russian missiles and how to protect Polish airspace from their incursions.
Ukraine is currently the only country in the world that defends itself against ballistic missile attacks almost every day.
This means that all "Patriot" batteries available around the world that can be provided to Ukraine must be delivered to Ukraine as soon as possible. There is no more important place for them».
Dmytro Kuleba had a meeting with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: «During our meeting, I thanked Josep Borrell for all of his efforts to rally more EU support for Ukraine.
I am grateful to High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for his readiness to ramp up efforts to find available “Patriot” systems for Ukraine.
He also informed me about the current status of EU artillery ammunition deliveries to Ukraine. We discussed ways to speed them up.
We also discussed the next EU sanctions package, which should put more pressure on Russia.
We paid specific attention to the upcoming Ukraine-EU defense industries forum with the goal of increasing defense industrial output in Ukraine and throughout all of Europe».
Dmytro Kuleba met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Péter Szijjártó
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: "Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó and I had a lengthy meeting in Brussels today. We both agreed that a number of steps have been made in the recent weeks to overcome issues in our bilateral relations. In the spirit of this positive trend, we anticipate more constructive developments in the coming days and weeks.".
Dmytro Kuleba met with Minister of Foreign Affais of the Republic of Finland Elina Valtonen
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: "During our meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland Elina Valtonen and I welcomed the historic security agreement between Ukraine and Finland signed today in Kyiv by our leaders President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb. We discussed the path forward to put it into action, as well as steps to strengthen Ukraine’s air shield".
Dmytro Kuleba had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Margus Tsahkna
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: “Always good to catch up with Margus Tsahkna and reiterate our appreciation for Estonia’s prominent efforts in supporting Ukraine. We are working to advance Estonia’s valuable initiatives to increase artillery ammunition deliveries to Ukraine. Margus and I also agree on the need to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s benefit. We paid specific attention to the urgency of strengthening Ukraine’s air defense. The West has the capacity to provide more “Patriot” systems to Ukraine and this must be done as soon as possible".
Dmytro Kuleba had a meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic Giorgos Gerapetritis
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: “I met with Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis to thank Greece for supporting Ukraine and discuss ways to advance our bilateral cooperation. We also focused on the upcoming Global Peace Summit and common work to secure long-lasting peace in Europe".
Dmytro Kuleba had a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Winston Peters
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: "I met with New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters and expressed gratitude for all of the support provided since the start of the full-scale war. I also informed my counterpart about the progress in implementing the Peace Formula and preparing for the Global Peace Summit".
Dmytro Kuleba: Ukraine needs additional Patriot systems to protect its own and NATO's skies from Russian terror
On Thursday, April 4, during an official visit to Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba visited NATO Headquarters to congratulate the Alliance on the 75th anniversary of its founding.
During a press briefing to international media, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister called on the allies to immediately provide Ukraine with additional batteries of Patriot air defense systems to counter Russian air terror.
"It is impossible to understand why the allies cannot find additional batteries to deliver them to a place where ballistic missiles are fired daily. In March alone, 94 ballistic missiles were fired at Ukraine. An average of 3 per day. This does not happen anywhere else in the world," the minister said.
Dmytro Kuleba reminded that Russia's aerial terror does not stop for a moment, and therefore it is important to stop it as soon as possible.
"Only last night about 20 Shahed drones attacked Kharkiv. As of now, 4 people have been killed. The attack was carried out in the most insidious way - the second drone flew after the first and killed those who came to help the victims after the first drone hit," the minister said.
The Foreign Minister emphasized that providing Ukraine with additional Patriot systems will not only protect our country's airspace, but will also make the skies of the NATO Alliance safer.
"We need to have more Patriot systems in Ukraine, because it will protect not only the Ukrainian sky, but also the NATO sky from Russian ballistic missiles," the Foreign Minister emphasized.
Answering journalists' questions about the possible unblocking of U.S. financial assistance to Ukraine and the position of U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson, Dmytro Kuleba noted that President Zelenskyy and Speaker Johnson had recently had a thorough conversation in this context. According to him, Speaker Johnson's recent public comments on this issue are optimistic. Ukraine expects real steps from its allies.
The Foreign Minister also expressed confidence that American assistance will come in any case.
In response to journalists' questions about possible ballistic missile deliveries to Russia from other countries, such as China or Iran, Dmytro Kuleba said that the Ukrainian side currently has no evidence that these countries have provided ballistic missiles to Russia.
Dmytro Kuleba met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: “I was pleased to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Brussels to express my gratitude to the United States for all of its assistance to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full-scale aggression.
I briefed Secretary Blinken on Russia's increased air terror against Ukrainian cities and communities, including with the use of ballistic missiles, and urged our American partners to find ways to provide additional "Patriot" air defense systems as soon as possible.
I am grateful to the Secretary for taking action right away to reciprocate this call.
We also discussed next steps in the coming days and weeks to unlock supplemental US aid for Ukraine.
Today’s NATO-Ukraine Council meeting demonstrated that all NATO allies realize how urgent this matter is. We all need it to be resolved as soon as possible”.
Dmytro Kuleba had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sweden Tobias Billström
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: “I met with Tobias Billström and congratulated Sweden on joining the Alliance. I am grateful to Sweden and all Swedes for strongly supporting Ukraine. I thank Tobias for reaffirming that this support will continue and remains a priority. We discussed ways for Sweden to bolster Ukraine’s capacity to protect its skies from Russian air terror”.
Dmytro Kuleba had a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria Mariya Gabriel
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: "Meaningful meeting with my Bulgarian counterpart Mariya Gabriel on ways to further develop our bilateral cooperation. I asked Maria to convey our gratitude to the Bulgarian parliament for taking decisions in support of Ukraine. Strong Ukrainian-Bulgarian partnership is important to maintain regional stability, strengthen Black Sea security, and preserve long-term peace in Europe".
Dmytro Kuleba had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Luminita Odobescu
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: "I met with Luminita Odobescu to express my gratitude for Romania's unwavering support for Ukraine. I emphasized the urgent need to strengthen Ukraine's air defense. When Ukraine is capable of reliably combating Russian air terror, both of our countries will feel significantly safer. We agreed to strengthen trilateral cooperation between Ukraine, Romania, and Moldova in response to Russian attempts to destabilise our region. We also discussed a number of bilateral issues and coordinated upcoming contacts at all levels".