{"id":8465,"date":"2026-01-20T15:40:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=8465"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:40:49","slug":"zelensky-europe-united-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/main-news\/zelensky-europe-united-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy calls on Europe to create joint forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Zelensky: Russia is planning an army of 2.5 million people by 2030, Europe needs united forces<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"671\">By 2030, Russia plans to increase the size of its armed forces to <strong data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"502\">2.5 million military personnel<\/strong>, while Europe needs to have at least <strong data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"594\">3 million joint rapid response forces<\/strong> to ensure the security of the continent. This was stated by <strong data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"670\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"673\" data-end=\"839\">According to the President, the scale of Russia's military plans requires European countries to <strong data-start=\"762\" data-end=\"800\">a systematic and collective response<\/strong>, The EU is a global organisation, not a collection of national solutions.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"841\" data-end=\"885\">The proposal of a united European army<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"1105\"><strong data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"911\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> stressed that he had repeatedly appealed to European leaders with the initiative to create a <strong data-start=\"997\" data-end=\"1031\">of the joint armed forces of Europe<\/strong>, The Ukrainian government has a number of initiatives that could act as a unified system of deterrence and response to threats.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1266\">\n<p data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1266\">\u00abI appealed to European leaders with a proposal to create joint armed forces. So far, no one has taken a step towards this idea,\u00bb the President noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1280\">Context.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1282\" data-end=\"1544\">Against the backdrop of a full-scale war against Ukraine, Russia is actively <strong data-start=\"1339\" data-end=\"1372\">Increases mobilisation resources<\/strong>, It is expanding its military infrastructure and putting the economy on a war footing. According to Western analysts, the Kremlin is preparing for <strong data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1533\">a long-term confrontation<\/strong> with the West.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1546\" data-end=\"1720\">At the same time, the issue of creating a unified defence force in Europe remains controversial due to differences in military doctrines, funding and political positions of individual states.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1722\" data-end=\"1753\">Importance for European security<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1755\" data-end=\"1950\">The President of Ukraine stressed that without <strong data-start=\"1792\" data-end=\"1826\">real military integration<\/strong> Europe risks remaining vulnerable to large-scale threats from Russia, even with the support of NATO and the United States.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439: \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u044f \u0434\u043e 2030 \u0440\u043e\u043a\u0443 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0443\u0454 \u0430\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044e \u0443 2,5 \u043c\u043b\u043d \u043e\u0441\u0456\u0431, \u0404\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0456\u0431\u043d\u0456 \u043e\u0431\u2019\u0454\u0434\u043d\u0430\u043d\u0456 \u0441\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u044f \u0434\u043e 2030 \u0440\u043e\u043a\u0443 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0443\u0454 \u0437\u0431\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0447\u0438\u0441\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0457\u0445 \u0437\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u0438\u043b \u0434\u043e 2,5 \u043c\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0439\u043e\u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0443\u0436\u0431\u043e\u0432\u0446\u0456\u0432, \u0442\u043e\u0434\u0456 \u044f\u043a \u0404\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0456 \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0431\u0445\u0456\u0434\u043d\u043e \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0449\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0439\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0448\u0435 3 \u043c\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0439\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u043e\u0431\u2019\u0454\u0434\u043d\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u0438\u043b \u0448\u0432\u0438\u0434\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0435\u0430\u0433\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0433\u0430\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u0435\u043a\u0438 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0443. \u041f\u0440\u043e \u0446\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439. \u0417\u0430 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430, \u043c\u0430\u0441\u0448\u0442\u0430\u0431\u0438 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0445 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":8466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"%title% | News","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805616],"tags":[806754],"class_list":{"0":"post-8465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-main-news","8":"tag-806754"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8467,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8465\/revisions\/8467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}