“The speed of the end of the war directly depends on the full support of Ukraine. We are doing everything we can to ensure that this support is as intense and meaningful as possible.” This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelenskyy in a video message posted on Twitter.
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Zelenskyy underlined the high number of meetings he had in the last 15 days and reminded that he had met the heads of state and government of the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Turkey, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Guinea-Bissau and South Korea. There will also be meetings with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, EU Council President Charles Michel, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomäus.
Surprisingly, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced an increase in humanitarian aid and non-lethal military equipment to Ukraine upon his arrival in Kyiv today. “We provided helmets and bulletproof vests last year. This year the help will be bigger,” Yeol said in a press conference with Zelenskyy, according to Ukrainian media reports.
In 2022, Seoul sent $100 million in aid to Ukraine, but this year the aid is expected to reach $150 million, Yeol said, also mentioning demining equipment and aid for school reconstruction.
Kremlin
The heads of state and government of the African countries involved in the peacekeeping mission for Ukraine will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa summit planned for late July in St. Petersburg. This was announced by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov of the TASS agency. The African peace initiative on Ukraine and the wheat agreement, which expires on July 17, were the main topics of a telephone conversation between Putin and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa. The Kremlin announced this and specified in a note that the two heads of state had agreed to hold a meeting on the fringes of the Russia-Africa summit planned for late July in St. Petersburg. The South African President also briefed Putin on the preparations for the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. According to reports from the Kremlin, Putin said during his meeting with Ramaphosa that “the obstacles” to Russian exports under the wheat deal have not yet been removed.