The president discussed air defense, financial resilience, EU accession and sanctions with EU ambassadors, while the foreign minister cited intelligence on Russian plans against EU states.
On October 2, President Volodymyr Zelensky met the ambassadors of EU member states in Ukraine. By his account, cooperation centers on air defense and joint production, financial resilience, EU accession and sanctions pressure on Russia. Volunteers Support Ukraine follows these agreements closely, because the safety of Ukrainian cities depends on them.
Zelensky stressed how important it is to keep allied support for Ukraine's defense capabilities and economic stability, and for its path toward the EU. Separately, the president spoke with members of Japan's House of Representatives led by Itsunori Onodera about Russia's attacks on civilians.
Meanwhile Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Ukrainian and partner intelligence services hold data on Russia's specific plans to attack EU countries. In his assessment Moscow is trying to undermine European support for Ukraine, and its activity has gone beyond classic hybrid tactics to include sabotage and subversion.
The same report cites US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker, who said Russian hybrid operations aim to distract allies from supporting Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte noted that the Alliance's responses to hybrid attacks are not always public or mirrored, and Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna urged that such actions be called what they are — warfare.
Volunteers Support Ukraine keeps helping people touched by the war within its means, and news of international unity is a reminder that Europe's resilience matters to Ukraine just as much as Ukraine's does to Europe.
