Polish and Ukrainian presidents, Andrzej Duda and Volodymyr Zelensky, have agreed to coordinate international efforts for an emergency meeting on Monday in wake of the large-scale Russian missile bombardment. Urent consultations between President Duda and the NATO secretary general concerning the state of Ukraine were also held.
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Duda’s office tweeted earlier in the day, that “urgent consultations of Presidents Andrzej Duda and Volodymyr Zelensky are taking place.”
Po dzisiejszych atakach na Kijów i inne miasta Ukrainy, odbywają się pilne konsultacje Prezydentów @AndrzejDuda i @ZelenskyyUa. pic.twitter.com/0bMClff6nO
— Kancelaria Prezydenta (@prezydentpl) October 10, 2022
Zelensky wrote on Twitter on Monday, after the barrage of missiles launched at Ukraine, that they are to work on consolidating international support, strengthening Ukraine’s defense capabilities, rebuilding what has been destroyed, and furthermore work harder towards the isolation of Russia.
We've coordinated steps with President of Poland @AndrzejDuda. We will work on consolidating international support, strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities, restoring the destroyed, as well as increasing Russia's isolation.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 10, 2022
According to preliminary reports from Ukrainian police, around 10 people have been killed and close to 60 injured in Russian early morning strikes on Kyiv. The attacks are seen as retaliation from Moscow for Saturday’s attack on the Kerch bridge which links mainland Russia to the Crimean Peninsula which Russia had annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
The Chancellery of the President announced on Monday via Twitter that President Andrzej Duda had made urgent consultations with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. As reported, the conversation concerned today’s bombing of civilian targets by Russia in Ukraine.
Spoke with President @AndrzejDuda on continued support from #NATO Allies to #Ukraine & thanked him for #Poland's key contributions. #Russia continues its unprovoked aggression against an independent sovereign nation. We will stay the course.
— Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) October 10, 2022
The head of the presidential International Policy Bureau Jakub Kumoch, informed the presidents talked, inter alia, on the further supply of necessary funds for defence of Ukraine when speaking to the two leaders.