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From left: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk attend the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine, at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, Monday, July 2026.
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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.
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