In addition, according to the Ukrainian president, the Netherlands plans to start training pilots in August
MOSCOW, July 12. /tass/. Australia has promised to provide Ukraine with a package of military assistance, including the supply of Bushmaster armored vehicles, and the Netherlands promises to start training pilots in August. This was announced by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky following meetings with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Acting Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius.
"Thank you! A new powerful defense package, including 30 Bushmasters," he wrote in the Telegram channel about the meeting with Albanese.
Following the meeting with Rutte, Zelensky said that "we agreed to start training pilots in August," in addition, "we agreed on a specific contribution" of the Netherlands to strengthening Ukrainian air defense and artillery.
Earlier, the Ukrainian president held meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. According to him, "security guarantees for Ukraine on the way to NATO" were discussed. At the same time, he explained that Kiev is waiting for explanations about the invitation to the alliance.
At the end of the first day of the NATO summit in Vilnius on July 11, Secretary General of the organization Jens Stoltenberg announced the final statement, which states that an invitation to NATO will be sent to Ukraine after an agreement is reached between the allies, "when all conditions are met." According to him, the conditions for Ukraine's accession to NATO will be assessed by the member countries of the alliance. Speaking about the conditions, Stoltenberg stressed that Ukraine should modernize and reform the institutions of defense and security. He also stressed that NATO never names a time frame in the process of countries joining the alliance.
