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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and agencies

‘Coalition of the willing’ to build shared European anti-ballistic programme

Friedrich Merz, Keir Starmer, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk
The leaders of Germany, Britain, Ukraine, France and Poland with other leaders in Paris. Photograph: Eliot Blondet/Pool/Sipa/Shutterstock

Ukraine and nine other countries including the UK, Germany and France are to build a shared protection programme for Europe against ballistic missiles, using Kyiv’s experience in fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion for more than four years.

“Our goal is to build a shared ballistic missile defence capability for Europe,” the 10 nations said in a statement on Monday as leaders met the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for talks in Paris.

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