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Well, Volodymyr, Mr President, thank you for being here. It's good that we have the opportunity to have a short bilat and of course you will have many meetings today and tomorrow, and dinner tonight.
We have an important summit coming up, including important decisions on Ukraine, which is really building on Washington - the Summit last year where we decided that there is this irreversible path for Ukraine into NATO, and we're building that bridge as we speak.

I made yesterday the announcement that European and Canadian Allies have now pledged more than 35 billion euro in support for Ukraine, which is more than last year, because last year, for the full year, it was over 50 billion. Now, before the first of July, it is already 35 billion. So we can safely assume that for the full year, it will be more than last year.

And then, of course, I cannot disclose anything about the Summit Declaration, but we can be safe to assume that in the Summit Declaration there will be important language about Ukraine, and the support for Ukraine also financially going forward.

And this is important because what we have seen over the last couple of weeks is unacceptable. It is Russia starting three and a half years ago, this totally unprovoked war against Ukraine, the full onslaught - they already started in 2014 with a full onslaught starting in February 2022 - and now the last couple of weeks, these indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians living in cities, living in communities in Ukraine who go about their daily lives and get killed or seriously wounded because of these Russian drones and whatever. So this is terrible. So everybody is very motivated.

Please understand that I hear from all the Allies to keep you strong, to keep you in the fight, and to bring this terrible war to a durable and lasting peace. So again, Volodymyr, thank you for being here, and you are among friends here.