Russia Ukraine War

Ukraine and nine other countries have announced a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles, taking advantage of Kyiv’s experience of fighting Russia. Monday's agreement came at a meeting in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The countries said in a statement that “our goal is to build a shared ballistic missile defense capability for Europe.” Zelenskyy was asking two dozen European leaders for help developing measures against Russia’s ballistic missiles, which have pummeled his country since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion in 2022. The statement gave no time frame for setting up the defense system, and said the plan remains open to other countries.