Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Brussels on Thursday to satisfy with European Union leaders as they collect for a summit.
The Belgian capital is the third cease within the Ukrainian President's whirlwind European tour. He visited London on Wednesday afternoon to handle Parliament and maintain a gathering with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier than crossing the Channel once more for a gathering in Paris with Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz.
Throughout his journey to Brussels, Zelenskyy can be anticipated to ship a speech to European lawmakers with a rare plenary session convened within the morning.
Comply with all of the developments as they unfold within the dwell weblog beneath:
This is what you have to know
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shall be in Brussels on Thursday;
- Zelenslyy will tackle a particular session of the European Parliament plenary, timing TBD;
- He can even be a part of EU leaders at their summit. Will probably be the primary time he attends in individual, having joined nearly most summits final yr;
- However he's unlikely to stroll away with rather more than renewed pledges of unwavering assist within the face of Russia's aggression.
What's on the agenda
Ukraine was at all times going to be on the agenda as leaders convene in Brussels, because it has been for the reason that battle broke out practically a yr in the past.
However with Zelenskyy within the room, discussions on army assist could also be much more pronounced. The Ukrainian chief now needs the West to offer planes for his armies and in London secured coaching for pilots.
This comes lower than two weeks after Germany caved and agreed to offer Ukrainian forces with Leopard 2 tanks.
Leaders can even get a recap of what was mentioned on the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv final week.
However assist for Ukraine shouldn't be the one situation leaders will deal with
They can even focus on how the bloc can shield and increase the competitiveness of its clear tech industries following the rollout within the US of the Inflation Discount Act via which a whole bunch of billions of dollars shall be lavished onto US-based producers over the subsequent decade.
And at last, migration and find out how to curb irregular arrivals, increase cooperation, and crucially solidarity amongst member states and improve the safety of the exterior border.
Good morning and welcome to our dwell protection of the EU Council summit in Brussels, made all of the extra particular by the attendance of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.