Portuguese prime minister arrives in Kyiv
Portugal's Prime Minister Luís Montenegro arrived in Kyiv on 20 December, where he is due to meet Ukraine's president.
Source: Portugal's national public broadcaster RTP, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Montenegro has previously met Volodymyr Zelenskyy in person twice.
The first meeting took place in Lisbon on 28 May 2024, when Zelenskyy visited Portugal and the two sides signed a bilateral cooperation and security agreement. The second was in Copenhagen on 2 October 2025, when they met on the margins of a summit and discussed further Portuguese support for Kyiv.
This is Montenegro's first visit to Ukraine since taking office.
He arrived in Kyiv by overnight train at 08:13, accompanied by Portuguese Defence Minister Nuno Melo.
During the visit, alongside his meeting with Zelenskyy, Montenegro is also scheduled to meet Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk.
Quote: "This visit is first and foremost an expression, rather than an announcement, of the support that has existed from the first minute that Russia's unjustified and unjust aggression began, with Portugal standing by Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.
More details: Montenegro said that the visit had a "special significance because we are in a country that was attacked, is being attacked, is being invaded and is at war".
Quote: "More than any other country, it naturally needs our solidarity and our closeness, not to mention our commitment. That is what we bring."
More details: Montenegro added that "Ukraine needs financial support at this moment and there is no point ignoring that".
Quote: "Portugal is doing this bilaterally. Portugal is helping Ukraine through numerous programmes of the most varied nature: humanitarian, social, military and political. Portugal also has close ties between our communities, and governments also have a duty to represent and express, on behalf of the people, what the whole nation feels."
Background:
- Ukraine and Portugal signed a security agreement in May 2024.
- Portugal also transferred six Ka-32 helicopters to Ukraine.
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