Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue on Saturday. He intends to meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and discuss support for his embattled country in an address to delegates. Zelenskyy will deliver an in-person speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue, considered Asia's premier defense summit.
Speculation about Zelenskyy's trip to Singapore had been circulating for weeks, with expectations that he would advocate for Ukraine's interests and persuade countries in the Global South to distance themselves from Russia. This was particularly significant in a region where the Israel-Hamas conflict had drawn attention away from the situation in Europe. Reuters was the first to confirm Zelenskyy's plans to attend the summit.
