ZELENSKIY AND SCHOOF MEET IN THE HAGUE AHEAD OF NATO SUMMIT – Schoof has announced a military package
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was welcomed to The Hague by Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof today, ahead of a summit of NATO member nations that will focus on higher defense spending.
Zelenskiy said Ukraine would enter into co-production of drones, with technology developed in Ukraine, with partner countries including the Netherlands.
Schoof announced a military package that contains 100 drone radar systems, unmanned vehicles, and 80 million euros for drone development.
Zelenskiy has recently called on Ukraine’s Western partners to allocate 0.25% of their GDP to helping Kyiv ramp up weapons production and said the country plans to sign agreements this summer to start exporting weapon production technologies.
In remarks released for publication by his office on Saturday (June 21), Zelenskiy said Ukraine was in talks with Denmark, Norway, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Lithuania to launch joint weapon production.
This year, Kyiv had secured €37 billion to finance its domestic weapon production, Zelenskiy said.
