President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine is working on a new package of agreements with several European states aimed at protecting Ukrainian airspace and energy infrastructure. According to him, these arrangements are intended to help Ukraine both repel attacks and recover faster after them.
The president noted that he had held a separate diplomatic meeting dedicated to upcoming international contacts. The key task for the coming weeks is to turn political support from European capitals into concrete tools: additional air-defense capabilities, protection of critical energy facilities, and mechanisms for rapid recovery after strikes.
Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine is consistently adding such agreements, and the priority is those that directly strengthen air defense and energy — the two sectors Russia is trying to undermine.
Focus on air defense and energy resilience
Ukraine needs more air-defense systems, missiles, and integrated protection of power facilities to get through the winter period and the next campaign of Russian attacks. That is why Kyiv is negotiating with European partners on packages that would:
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cover key regions and energy nodes with additional air-defense systems;
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protect generation, substations and distribution infrastructure;
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ensure that damaged facilities can be restored step by step.
The logic is simple: the faster Ukraine repairs what was hit, the smaller the effect of Russian strikes.
Defense production and supplies must meet 2025 tasks
Zelensky also said that, based on the results of the year, Ukraine must complete all tasks in weapons supplies, defense production, financing of the army, and long-range capabilities. According to him, Ukraine is already using long-range tools against Russia almost every day and is seeing a gradual reduction in Russian capacity. He called this a form of “peacekeeping tactic”: making aggression unprofitable and exhausting the enemy’s ability to continue strikes.
Parallel diplomatic track
Separately, the president recalled his meeting with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia, where they discussed European integration and the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. This shows that Kyiv is keeping both defense and humanitarian issues on the diplomatic agenda at the same time.
