President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Brussels, where the leaders had gathered, that without the money, his country would have to reduce its drone production significantly.

The leaders are to decide whether to loan tens of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine's military and economic needs.

Kyiv will not accept any peace agreement to end Russia’s full-scale invasion that puts Ukraine's Donbas region under Moscow’s control, Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Ukrainian president made the comments after Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov had said that Kyiv and Washington had made "real progress" during two-day talks in Berlin.

At the European Union (EU) summit, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky will expect direct explanations from Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever regarding his decision not to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed willingness to drop Ukraine's NATO aspirations in exchange for Western security guarantees. But he rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia.

Ukraine’s president met with U.S. negotiators about plans to end the war with Russia. He said he would give up hopes of joining NATO in exchange for security guarantees.

On December 18, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky refused to remove the clause on the country's desire for NATO membership from the constitution."To be honest, I don't think we need to change the constitution of our state,

Kyiv has enshrined a strategic goal of NATO membership in its constitution since 2019. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed that former U.S. President Joe Biden told him Ukraine would not be allowed to join NATO, even before the war with Russia began. Zelensky defended Ukraine’s constitutional commitment to NATO and said only the Ukrainian people—not Russia or foreign powers—can decide the country’s security path.

The expected approval at a ceremony in the Dutch city of The Hague follows peace talks in Berlin with President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

EADaily, December 18th, 2025. The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, believes that the US position on Ukraine's membership in NATO may change. He stated this today at a press conference in Brussels.