Kyiv, Aug. 4 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday outlined major foreign policy and defence initiatives during a key address to Ukraine's ambassadors, placing the development of FREYJA, a joint European anti-ballistic missile defence system, at the centre of Kyiv's regional security vision.

Sharing excerpts from his remarks in a discussion with the Ukrainian Ambassadors on X, Zelenskyy underscored the expansion of the Anti-Ballistic Coalition to complete FREYJA, a Ukrainian-led project aimed at creating a joint European missile defence shield.

Highlighting air defence as Ukraine's vital operational priority, Zelenskyy revealed that Ukraine possesses the missiles and mobile launchers for the FREYJA framework but requires ...