{"id":1402860,"date":"2026-06-09T11:10:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/?p=1402860"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:10:38","slug":"zelensky-great-britain-france-and-germany-are-ready-to-support-the-creation-of-european-missile-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/zelensky-great-britain-france-and-germany-are-ready-to-support-the-creation-of-european-missile-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky: Great Britain, France and Germany are ready to support the creation of European missile defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"32\" data-end=\"170\"><strong>The United Kingdom, France, and Germany support the initiative to create a European missile defense system with the participation of Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"172\" data-end=\"273\">President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/09\/volodymyr-zelenskyy-interview-russia-putin-drone-warfare-ukraine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> this in an interview with the British publication The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"606\">He noted that he once again calls on partners to help protect Ukrainian skies from massive attacks by Russian missiles and drones. In addition to anti-ballistic interceptors, the head of state also expects financial support for the gradual transition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to a contract model closer to European standards.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"606\"><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"921\">Zelensky stressed that missiles for Patriot systems are extremely expensive \u2014 each costs about $4 million. According to him, the United Kingdom does not have its own missile defense program, so European states should work together to create an alternative to American systems.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"1023\">The President also emphasized that Ukraine is ready to share its experience in countering drones with partners.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1117\">&#8220;We are working on this. We need this, and the UK needs this,&#8221; Zelensky said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1119\" data-end=\"1271\">In addition, the head of state reported that during the meeting with European leaders, agreements were reached on increasing sanctions pressure on Russia.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1273\" data-end=\"1498\">Previously, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/dosyt-viyny-zelenskyy-opublikuvav-lyst-do-putina\/\">&#8220;Pryamiy&#8221; reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy published<\/a> an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which he called on the Russian leader to end the war and proposed a personal meeting.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1500\" data-end=\"1759\">Also <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/lidery-yevropy-ta-zelenskyy-obhovoryly-shliakhy-zavershennia-viyny-v-ukraini-detali\/\">on June 7, Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with British Prime Minister<\/a> Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The parties discussed the conditions for ending the war and further support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1500\" data-end=\"1759\">Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom, France, and Germany support the initiative to create a European missile defense system with the participation of Ukraine. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in an interview with the British publication The Guardian. He noted that he once again calls on partners to help protect Ukrainian skies from massive attacks by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1390066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76875,76885,76871],"class_list":["post-1402860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-policy","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1402860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1402861,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402860\/revisions\/1402861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1390066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1402860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1402860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}