(Kyiv) The Ukrainian presidency announced on Wednesday the signing “in the near future” of a security agreement with the European Union, the latest in a series of agreements ratified between Kyiv and its Western partners.
“The negotiating teams of Ukraine and the EU finalized the text of the security agreement and agreed to sign it in the near future,” the Ukrainian presidency said on its website.
Kyiv has already signed agreements with “17 countries”, including EU and G7 member states, and is preparing to sign with “10 more”, according to another press release from the Ukrainian presidency dated June 13 .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed an “unprecedented” defense deal with the United States last week, calling it a “bridge” to NATO membership for his war-ravaged country.
This series of security agreements comes at a time when Kyiv is in difficulty on the ground, lacking ammunition and men trying to curb Russian assaults on the front line.