The Securing Our Future meeting lasted about two hours. The participants left Lancaster House one by one.
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said after the meeting that it was urgent to rearm Europe and Ukraine should be provided with comprehensive security guarantees, The Guardian reported.
Europeans need to work on “turning Ukraine into a steel porcupine, undigestible by potential invaders,” she emphasized. The publication noted that this is word for word the same language used a few days ago by former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The European official called the meeting “a good and frank discussion,” adding that we need to prepare for the worst and increase defense spending.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled by helicopter to Sandringham Manor in Norfolk to meet with King Charles III, Sky News reported.
