Exclusive -NATO -members committed on Wednesday to increase defense expenditure to 5% of the gross domestic product by 2035, at eight Donald Trump‘s calls for the transatlantic military alliance to take more steps to strengthen its safety.
“This is a serious lesson that Europe will have to learn. Not only investing, but also spending. Expenditure in a way that enables them to show the public that they make a good Investment in their safety And their economies and to send a message to their enemy: don’t dare to attack because we are ready, we are willing to hit back, “he said.
NATO Secretary -General says that European countries should do ‘much, much more’ to increase defense expenditure
Foreign Minister of Ukraine DMYTRO KULEBA participates in a press conference on the fourth top of First Ladies and Gentlemen on 18 June 2024 in Kiev, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has escalated attacks on Ukraine In recent months, KYIV with large-scale rocket and drone attacks.
The Russian strong man has refused to agree with a 30-day unconditional cease-fire proposed by the United States and its European allies earlier this year.
By the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum In mid -June, Putin said he considered Russian and Ukrainian peoples to be one. “In this sense, the whole of Ukraine is ours,” he told the participants in applause.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the plenary session of the 28th Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum Spief 2025 Onjune 20, 2025 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Getty Images)
Trump has imposed on imposing additional sanctions on Moscow, and gives the preference to wait and see whether his diplomatic efforts are bearing fruit.
“Putin doesn’t feel pressure. And that’s why he doesn’t really understand why he should change his behavior,” said Kuleba. “I am afraid that diplomacy at this stage under these circumstances has no chance to succeed, which means that there will be more murders and more destruction.”
Ukrainian president VolodyMyr Zenskyy Wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that the goals of Putin remain clear: “He wants the whole of Ukraine.”
Zenskyy attended the G7 top in Canada last week, met world leaders and provided almost $ 2 billion in help from Prime Minister Mark Carney. His meeting with Trump was canceled after the American President Kananaskis left early, with reference to escalating tensions in the Middle East because of the conflict of Israel-Iran.
(L/R) President Antonio Costa of the European Council, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, American President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Germany Vonula Merzen Merzen Merzen Merzen in Gersula Merzen Merzen Merzen Merzen Merzen, Merzen Merzen Merzen Merzen, Merzen Merzen, Merzen’s Mersen, Merzen, Merz. in Canada (Government of Canada / Pool / Anadolu via Getty images)
The two met on the sideline of NATO -Top on Wednesday and discussed the purchase of American Air Defense Systems.
The Ukrainian diplomat explained that the US had to rearrange three things to breathe new life into the negotiation process: sticks, carrots and the pressure of time.
Kuleba said that Trump created the pressure of time by stating that he could end the war within 24 hours and called both sides to sit down and negotiate.
US President Donald Trump held a press conference after NATO State heads and government stop in The Hague, the Netherlands on 25 June 2025. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty images)
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Trump and Putin recently spoke by telephone on 14 June after Israel hit the nuclear facilities of Iran. The Russian leader said he was ready to continue the negotiations with the Ukrainians after 22 June, according to spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, according to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Peace talks in Istanbul have not succeeded in producing much different than the prisoners of war change, while Putin doubles his maximum demands.
Kuleba said the best for Europe to do While negotiations get stuck To continue to produce and buy weapons, not only for Ukraine, but also for themselves.
People look at cleaning up rubble in a destroyed five -storey residential building on 24 June 2025 in Kiev, Ukraine. Rescuers have finished cleaning up the rubble at the location of a Russian rocket attack on a five -storey residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kiev. (Andrew Kravchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
“For decades, Europe trusted in the United States and went back and forth with Washington, where he checked every decision they would make, but it is simply no longer sustainable,” he explained. “They have to learn how to take care of themselves, sorry to say it. The sooner they do it, the better for them, we and everyone else.”
“You can’t build your life, knowing that America pays for my safety, pays Russian gas for my cheap energy prices and [the] Socialism that I am building. And Chinese minerals [are] Which makes me – pays for my industrial growths. It is not sustainable. You cannot depend on one player in the most critical basic principles for your life, “he added.
The European Union presented an 18th sanction package against Russia in June, aimed at its energy and bank sectors.
Vice president of the EU committee, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (L) and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (R) talk to the media. (Thierry Monasse/Getty images)
“We want peace for Ukraine. Despite weeks of diplomatic attempts, despite President Zenskyy’s offer from an unconditional -the Fires, Russia continues to death and destroying to Ukraine” In a joint statement.
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“The goal of Russia is not a peace, it is to impose the power rule. That is why we increase the pressure on Russia. Because strength is the only language that Russia will understand.”
