Meanwhile, Selenskyj was ready to sign a controversial agreement on raw materials with the USA. “No matter what happened, our politics is to stay constructive,” said Selenskyj in the evening of the British “BBC”. “If we were ready to sign the mineral deal, we will remain ready,” he said according to the translation of the station.
The planned signing of the agreement had been canceled after the scandal. US Finance Minister Scott Bessent then stated on Sunday that the agreement was for the time being off the table. Selenskyj, on the other hand, said the transmission of the broadcaster: “The agreement is on the table and is signed when the parties are ready.”
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to present a comprehensive plan for the recovery of Europe at the special summit on Thursday. “We urgently need to upgrade Europe,” said von der Leyen after the Ukraine summit in London.
The EU countries face the challenge of having to significantly increase their defense spending in view of the world situation. The question of financing is open because the additional investment requirement is estimated at around 500 billion euros – and some member countries are already highly indebted.
The Leyen said that Ukraine, with the help of the allied countries, basically had to be transformed into a steel porcupine that was indispensable for potential invaders. “And of course security guarantees are of the utmost importance for Ukraine. But we need extensive security guarantees,” said the Commission President. Ukraine must be brought into a position of strength economically and militarily.
Former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev criticized the London summit. “The Russophobic anti-trump circle has gathered in London in order to swear the Nazi-Nobodys in Kiev,” wrote Medvedev, who is now Vice Chair of the National Security Council of Russia, on the platform X. “It is a shameful sight, worse than the verbal diarrhea in the oval office.”
The Russian military started again drone swarms on Sunday evening in Ukraine. According to Ukrainian media reports and, according to the air defense, the drone associations were spotted over various parts of the country. The Russian military has recently started using numerous so-called bait drones. These aircraft fly without explosive devices, just to overload the Ukrainian air defense and force valuable ammunition to waste.
