{"id":471092,"date":"2026-11-12T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T15:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/12\/missili-patriot-energia-adesione-e-presenza-al-tavolo-di-pace-nuovi-appelli-di-zelensky-agli-europei\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T17:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T16:39:51","slug":"patriot-missiles-energy-eu-membership-and-a-seat-at-the-peace-table-zelenskys-latest-appeals-to-europeans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/12\/patriot-missiles-energy-eu-membership-and-a-seat-at-the-peace-table-zelenskys-latest-appeals-to-europeans\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriot missiles, energy, EU membership, and a seat at the peace table: Zelensky\u2019s latest appeals to Europeans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Military support, alongside political backing and energy solidarity: the war between Russia and Ukraine continues, as do the needs of Kyiv, which remain unchanged. The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong>, reiterated these demands at the meeting of heads of state and government of the European Political Community<\/a>. He lists them one by one during his speech, which is met with a long and thunderous round of applause from his partners. It is precisely they and their presence that top the list of demands from the former Soviet state: \u201cIt is good that Europe is part of the [peace] dialogue<\/strong>, even if indirectly. It is good that Europeans remain part of the process.\u201d <\/p>\n

In this regard, in a joint statement<\/a> issued after their meeting with Zelensky, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong>, and the President of the European Council, Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/strong>, explained that they \u201cwelcome this week\u2019s talks in Abu Dhabi and the renewed momentum in the peace process\u201d and reiterated that \u201cthe EU has participated in these negotiations and will continue to be involved in this format\u201d with the aim of \u201ca just and lasting peace that safeguards Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the security of our own continent.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Ukrainian president\u2019s first request is for a reaffirmation of the assurances of reliability that Kyiv recognises in the twelve-star bloc. This is because there is little trust in the US, and Zelensky makes no secret of it: \u201cIf those in the United States who make decisions regarding Ukrainian territories do so as if they were not Ukrainian, then we already have a sense of the direction in which things are heading\u2026\u201d, he says publicly, expressing his fears and mistrust. <\/p>\n

But while waiting for peace, the Ukrainian president is still thinking in terms of war, and so he is once again calling for air defence measures, starting with the Patriot missiles, the very ones for which Germany has announced it is halting supplies<\/b><\/a>. \u201cHelp us find these missiles,\u201d pleads Zelensky, who is also asking for F-16 fighter jets and the ammunition needed to shoot down Russian military aircraft and drones. <\/p>\n

The list continues with a request for energy support in light of the Russian attacks on infrastructure and the current winter. Furthermore, with an anti-Russian stance in mind, the president is calling on other leaders to open \u201call negotiation chapters by the end of the year\u201d for Ukraine\u2019s EU accession process. \u201cThis would give people a sense of purpose\u201d and boost the morale of soldiers on the battlefield. Finally, Zelensky calls for \u201cnew sanctions\u201d against Vladimir Putin\u2019s Russia, to put \u201cfurther pressure\u201d on the aggressor state. <\/p>\n

In light of the requests put forward by the Ukrainian president, Costa and von der Leyen are set to meet at the end of the month, at the next European Council on 26 and 27 November, in view of Kyiv\u2019s financial requirements for 2027<\/a>, and to present the 22nd package of sanctions against Russia. Meanwhile, \u201cwe are mobilising 500 generators from our \u2018rescEU\u2019 reserves, helping to set up emergency aid centres and providing essential equipment. \u201cWe are also supporting the delivery of four floating bridges (to provide a link where bridges have been destroyed, Ed.) from Norway and 200 buses,\u201d the two EU leaders concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the meeting of the European Political Community, the Ukrainian President reiterated his calls for support from his partners, which include full backing across all areas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":471062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"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":[25707],"tags":[26042,29612,25804,25803,33394,28152],"class_list":["post-471092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-politics","tag-community-politics-en","tag-sanctionsin","tag-russia-in-2","tag-ue","tag-greenat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471092","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471093,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471092\/revisions\/471093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}