Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Polish Premiers Meet In Kyiv

Ukraine's prime ministers hosted his counterparts from Lithuania and Poland on Saturday in a trilateral meeting held in the capital Kyiv.

Following the meeting, Ukraine's Denis Shmyhal announced that the sides had signed a statement on increasing financial aid to Kyiv.

He also said in Twitter that Lithuania's Ingrida Simonyte and Poland's Mateusz Morawiecki reaffirmed their commitment to "trilateral cooperation, first of all, in helping Ukraine defend its own freedom, as well as the rules-based world order."

For her part, Simonyte tweeted that at the meeting, they had reconfirmed "trilateral cooperation, first of all, in helping Ukraine to defend its own freedom, as well as the rules-based world order. Our support to Ukraine must and will continue till their victory and ours."

"Either Ukraine is victorious or all of Europe will be lost. We are stronger together," Morawiecki said in reply to Simonyte and Shmyhal.

According to Shmyhal, the parties also discussed Ukraine's accession to the EU after the European Commission considers its application.

The Ukrainian premier thanked Simonyte and Morawiecki for their support and expressed hope for the further strengthening of their partnership. -