European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) watches as NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte (R) hugs Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (C) at a defense industry forum meeting at the NATO summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on June 24, 2025. Chris Summers/The Epoch Times
THE HAGUE—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the NATO summit on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had to be stopped because “his objectives reached beyond Ukraine.”
Zelenskyy was hugged by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and greeted warmly by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen when he came on stage during a session of the defense industry forum at the summit in The Hague.
