Brussels: Europe and the Arabs - agencies
Brussels, the capital of the European Union and NATO, will witness talks between the US Department of Defense and allies regarding support for Ukraine. Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said that the United States will hold talks with NATO allies and the European Union in Brussels this week to discuss accelerating arms supplies to Ukraine.
In this regard, Ryder said: The United States, led by Undersecretary of Defense for Arms Purchase Affairs William Laplante, will chair the armaments session in Brussels this week.
Ryder added that the meeting will bring together arms managers and representatives from more than 40 countries of the European Union and NATO, and discussions will focus on global efforts to accelerate the supply, production and maintenance of weapons that Ukraine needs.
Simultaneously, Czech President Peter Bevel and Slovakian President Zuzana Chaputova arrived in Ukraine today, Friday, to meet with their Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky.

Radio "Prague International" stated in its English-language bulletin that Bevel and Chaputova traveled together by train to visit Ukraine and arrived in the city of "Nemichaev", 38 km northwest of the capital, "Kiev", shortly after the Russian missile attacks on a number of cities. Ukrainian, including the capital.

The radio added that Bevel and Chaputova will also visit the cities of Borodyanka and Bucha, noting that this is the first visit by the Czech president to Ukraine since the start of the Russian military operation in February 2022, and this visit was not announced in advance for security reasons. .