Lithuania will soon hand over short-range air defence systems RBS-70 to Ukraine, President Gitanas Nausėda said on the third anniversary of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine on Monday.
The Lithuanian president made the announcement during his visit to Kyiv where he was attending the Ukraine Support Summit.
“Lithuania, for its part, already has good news for Ukraine, and we will soon be delivering the RBS-70 short-range air defence systems,” Nausėda said.
According to him, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed at the meeting that the EU is ready for new financial assistance packages for Ukraine.
The meeting also discussed the need to maintain the sanction policy against Russia, the Lithuanian leader said. On Monday, the EU announced its 16th package of sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine.
“At a time when much is changing in the world when new currents and headwinds are emerging, like-minded countries need to come together even more,” Nausėda said.
“Today, I saw this togetherness at the table, I saw countries that want to help Ukraine in terms of military assistance, and we also talked a lot about financial support,” he added.
Later in the day, Nausėda and the Nordic-Baltic (NB8) leaders are scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
EU leaders mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Kyiv as a show of solidarity amid a rift between Ukraine and US President Donald Trump.
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