Zelenskyy and Finnish PM discuss Russian strikes and Ukraine's need for shelters
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo have discussed how to protect Ukraine from Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure.
Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda
Details: Zelenskyy and Orpo discussed Ukraine's need for shelters on Friday 16 October.
Quote: "Together with Finland, we established the Shelter Coalition and now we need to speed up this work. Every Ukrainian city and community must have proper shelters."
Details: The two leaders also spoke about how to protect Ukrainian regions from Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure.
Quote: "We constantly need the means to shoot down missiles and drones to protect people's lives and critical infrastructure. New decisions to support Ukraine will come as early as this month. Finland has always helped us, and we greatly appreciate it."
Background:
- On 16 October, Zelenskyy called on EU leaders to provide Ukraine with at least €70 billion in additional aid next year for defence, weapons and strengthening resilience.
- Earlier that day, Zelenskyy held his first official meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar. The one-on-one meeting took place on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels.
- Following the meeting, Magyar stated that it is both countries' interests to put political and economic relations on a new footing.
- Zelenskyy described his meeting with Magyar as "very good".
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