Overview
- At Monday's European Political Community summit in Yerevan, a pan‑European leaders' forum, Zelensky said partners agreed to speed the unblocked €90 billion EU package, with an early‑summer first tranche aimed at drones and electronic‑warfare systems.
- Leaders in a Washington‑format meeting discussed ramping up air‑defense production and deliveries, and Canada confirmed an extra $200 million for PURL, a program that pools anti‑ballistic missile capabilities for Ukraine.
- Zelensky said several new defense packages will begin arriving in the weeks after the summit, and NATO Secretary‑General Mark Rutte said anti‑ballistic missile shipments continue under existing agreements.
- He pushed to open all six EU accession negotiation clusters within two months and said Europe should sit at any talks once the Ukraine–US–Russia channel, paused because of the Iran crisis, can restart.
- Multiple outlets, citing a European intelligence report, said the Kremlin tightened security around Putin because of elite tensions, and Zelensky said the summer could force his choice between widening the war or diplomacy.