Zelenskiy: Little progress in talks with U.S. on missile defences

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko visit the site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 24, 2026. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv/Handout via REUTERS

May 25 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr ⁠Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukraine had made little ⁠progress in talks with the United States on expanding ‌production of missile defences and was working with Europe to solve the matter.

"Unfortunately, there has been no progress for a long time with America regarding the ​expansion of anti-ballistic missile production," he said ⁠in his nightly video ⁠address.