{"id":451509,"date":"2026-04-27T15:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/04\/27\/i-vertici-militari-di-ue-e-nato-in-visita-di-solidarieta-in-ucraina\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:18:07","slug":"eu-and-nato-military-leaders-on-a-solidarity-visit-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/04\/27\/eu-and-nato-military-leaders-on-a-solidarity-visit-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"EU and NATO military leaders on a solidarity visit to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels \u2013 &#8220;In a strong demonstration of transatlantic unity&#8221;, as a statement explains, General <strong>Se\u00e1n Clancy<\/strong>, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC), and Admiral <strong>Giuseppe Cavo Dragone<\/strong>, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC), undertook a joint visit to Ukraine from 20 to 25 April. The visit, the EUMC statement continues, &#8220;reaffirmed the <strong>unwavering commitment of both organisations to the defence of Ukraine against the ongoing aggression by Russia<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During their mission, the military leaders held talks with General <strong>Oleksandr Syrskyi<\/strong>, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and Deputy Foreign Minister <strong>Yevhen Perebyinis<\/strong>, focusing on Ukraine\u2019s immediate battlefield needs, long-term security guarantees, and strategic coordination between the EU and NATO. The two also visited frontline positions to assess the impact of Western military assistance and training programmes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_451502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-451502\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Clancy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-451502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Clancy-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Clancy-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Clancy.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-451502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">General Se\u00e1n Clancy (Photo: European external action service EEAS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Ukraine\u2019s resilience is Europe\u2019s resilience<\/strong>,&#8221; said Clancy, reiterating that &#8220;the EU stands firmly by Ukraine\u2019s side, providing comprehensive support, from financial aid to advanced military equipment, for as long as it takes to secure victory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dragone reinforced this message, stating that &#8220;<strong>NATO\u2019s commitment to Ukraine is unwavering<\/strong>. Our collective efforts ensure that Ukraine has the means to defend its sovereignty and our shared security interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The visit highlighted the complementary roles of the EU and NATO in strengthening Ukraine\u2019s defence capabilities, including industrial cooperation, battlefield innovation, and strategic planning. Both commanders emphasised that Ukraine\u2019s security remains a cornerstone of European stability and requires sustained and coordinated international support.<\/p>\n<p>While Ukraine continues to adapt and innovate in the face of relentless aggression, &#8220;this joint visit,&#8221; the statement concludes, &#8220;marks a <strong>unified, long-term approach aimed at ensuring its success on the battlefield and beyond<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Se\u00e1n Clancy, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC), and Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC), on a joint visit from 20 to 25 April<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":451497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30809],"tags":[33892,31521,33893,30548,30781],"class_list":["post-451509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","tag-cavo-dragone","tag-nato-en-10","tag-sean-clancy","tag-ukraine-in-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451509"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451514,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451509\/revisions\/451514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}