Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered Ukraine’s wartime maritime know-how to partners working to restore navigation in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.
- Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha joined a virtual meeting of about 40 countries that focused on reopening the narrow waterway that carries a large share of global oil exports.
- Zelenskyy said new arrangements will expand Ukraine’s presence in emerging security formats with Gulf and Middle Eastern partners.
- Rustem Umerov will deliver a country-by-country report on progress on Friday, covering outreach from the Gulf to Türkiye.
- Ukraine points to sea drones and other systems proven in the Black Sea against Russia as practical tools it could share to help protect shipping.