Ukraine, Lithuania will continue to work together to speed up Ukraine's EU integration - Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this at a joint briefing with his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nauseda in Kyiv on Thursday, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"We held, as usual, substantive negotiations with President [Nauseda] on security, defense, and further protection of our common interests. Russian terrorist forces are accompanying our holiday today with increased missile activity. Air raid sirens have already gone off several times this day in many Ukrainian cities," Zelensky said.

According to him, against this background, it was especially important to hear assurances from President Nauseda that defensive assistance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine will continue to come.

"As before, we will continue to work together to speed up the European integration of Ukraine," Zelensky added.

He recalled that the first Ukrainian center for citizens who have been forced to leave Ukraine due to the Russian war had recently opened in Vilnius. According to Zelensky, this and other initiatives, together with all the help from Lithuania, "emphasize how close our peoples are, how ready we are to respond to existing challenges together."

Nauseda visited Kyiv on July 28 on the Day of Ukrainian Statehood.