Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky reacts next to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (not pictured), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (not pictured) and European Council President Antonio Costa (not pictured) on the first day of a NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 24, 2025. REUTERS/Yves HermanPresident Volodymyr Zelensky urged NATO countries on Tuesday to support Ukraine's defence industry, speaking before a summit that is likely to heed US calls to sign off a big new spending goal for the alliance. TRUMP AND ZELENSKIY SET TO MEETTrump is expected to meet Zelensky for talks at some point during the summit in the Dutch city of The Hague. He added, however, that this came with an expectation that European countries and Canada spend more on defence. The former Dutch prime minister underlined the need for transatlantic cooperation in the defence industry to meet the challenge of rearmament.
