Zelenskyy will sign a security agreement with the EU on 26 June. The text has already been agreed upon. The EU is also set to approve the 14th package of sanctions against Russia.
This was reported by DW, citing an anonymous senior official of the bloc.
According to the official, the parties have already agreed on the text of the agreement, which took several months.
The document will be signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 26 June. The agreement covers not only military assistance to Kyiv, but also financial support, European integration and other areas of cooperation.
Also next week, the EU is to approve the 14th package of sanctions against Russia for its aggression in Ukraine.
According to the publication, EU foreign ministers will meet at the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg. They will also talk to Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba via video link.
"Providing Ukraine with weapons is our top priority," the senior official said.
On 11 May, EU ambassadors agreed on security guarantees with Ukraine. It was noted that the agreement could be signed no later than early July.
Security guarantees: what Ukraine wants
- On the instructions of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, an International Working Group on Security Assurances was set up in spring 2022. In September 2022, the group presented the Kyiv Security Treaty.
- In July 2023, at a joint press conference with the NATO Secretary General, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine needed security guarantees before it could become a member of the Alliance. These guarantees should not be "instead of NATO" but on the way to it, he stressed.
- In July, the Group of 7 countries signed a declaration on long-term security guarantees and economic support for Ukraine. A total of 32 states have joined the declaration. Ukraine is gradually concluding bilateral security agreements with countries. It has already signed such agreements with the UK, Germany, France, Denmark, Canada, Italy and several other countries.