We have now already finalized preparations for our upcoming meetings with European partners – important events planned later this week. First, there will be a strong and, in many ways, completely new agreement on our defense capabilities – an agreement we will implement essentially as part of long-term security guarantees for our state and all our people. It’s still too early to share the details – everything will unfold over the week.

Second, we are fully aligned with our partners on diplomacy, and I am grateful to everyone for their support and principled positions – to all countries, to all leaders. Ukraine has once again expressed its readiness to end the war. We held a meeting with the President of the United States, and we agreed to try to organize the dialogue exactly like that – along the current front line. That was precisely the signal President Trump conveyed to his team. It was also made public.

The frontline can spark diplomacy. Instead, Russia continues to do everything to weasel out of diplomacy – and as soon as the issue of long-range capabilities for us – for Ukraine – became less immediate, Russia’s interest in diplomacy faded almost automatically. This signals that this very issue – the issue of our deep strike capabilities – may hold the indispensable key to peace.

The greater Ukraine’s long-range reach, the greater Russia’s willingness to end the war. These weeks reaffirmed it. The discussion on Tomahawks turned out to be a major investment in diplomacy – we forced Russia to reveal that Tomahawks are precisely the card they take seriously. We will continue engaging with Europeans and Americans on long-range capabilities. Air defense is, of course, the top priority.