Germany: NATO must strengthen global partnerships of like-minded people
08:10 | German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said at the NATO summit in Brussels on Wednesday that the defense alliance should strengthen its relations with like-minded global partners.
After Finland joined NATO yesterday, the NATO summit in Vilnius in July is expected to welcome Sweden into the alliance, Reuters said.
Zelensky has arrived in Poland
07:55 | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has crossed the border and is now in Poland ahead of his official visit to the capital Warsaw, the Polish president’s foreign policy adviser said on Wednesday. The Guardian reports it.
“I can tell that President Zelenski crossed the Polish border,” Marcin Przydacz told private broadcaster TVN24. We will have more soon.
The Polish public massively supports the Ukrainians in the war with Russia. According to an Ipsos poll, 82% of Poles believe NATO and EU countries should support Ukraine until the country wins. However, Zelensky’s visit comes amid growing anger in the Polish countryside over the impact of Ukrainian wheat imports, which have driven down prices in several states in the EU’s eastern wing.
“During the talks with President Zelensky, we will definitely discuss Ukrainian grain and various agricultural products, because we want trade with Ukraine not to destabilize our market,” Morawiecki said.
Import duties on Ukrainian agricultural products may need to be reintroduced if the influx of price-pushing products into EU markets cannot be stopped by other means, prime ministers of five eastern states said in a letter to the government published on Friday. Ursula von der Leyen.
Washington provides $2.6 billion in additional military assistance
06:55 | Washington on Tuesday announced an additional $2.6 billion in military assistance to Zelensky’s administration, including three air surveillance radars, anti-tank missiles and fuel trucks.
The Russian embassy in Washington responded to the announcement, accusing the United States of trying to prolong the conflict, according to Russian news agency TASS. The United States has pledged more than $35.2 billion in security assistance since the start of the war.