STORY: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with European Union heads of state in Yerevan on Monday (May 4), on the sidelines of a European Political Community (EPC) summit.

EU Commission chief Ursula Von der Leyen, NATO head Mark Rutte, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron were among the leaders present.

Britain is set to enter talks to join the European Union's 78 billion pound loan ($106 billion) to Ukraine, the government said on Sunday (May 3), in a further sign of deepening European defence ties under rising U.S. pressure.

Starmer is expected on Monday to tell a summit in Armenia's capital Yerevan of the European Political Community - a discussion forum set up after Russia's invasion in 2022 - that Britain wants to work with the EU to support Ukraine in getting vital military equipment, his office said.

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo also joined the meeting. Zelenskiy said that he had offered Finland to strengthen the two countries' partnership by signing a drone deal, sharing technology and combat expertise developed during the four-year war with Russia.

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SHOWS: YEREVAN, ARMENIA (MAY 4, 2026) (REUTERS – Access All)

1. POLISH PRIME MINISTER DONALD TUSK WALKING TO TABLE/ CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY STANDING, TALKING TO UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY

2. NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER JONAS GAHR STOERE SPEAKING TO BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER

3. EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN SPEAKING TO ZELENSKIY

4. EU COUNCIL PRESIDENT ANTONIO COSTA SPEAKING TO TUSK/ NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL MARK RUTTE AND CARNEY STANDING

5. VARIOUS OF TUSK AND COSTA TALKING

6. STOERE AND STARMER TALKING/ EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF KAJA KALLAS TALKING TO RUTTE (OFF-CAMERA)

7. VARIOUS OF VON DER LEYEN TALKING TO CARNEY AND ZELENSKIY

8. STARMER AND ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI TALKING

9. VON DER LEYEN, CARNEY, RUTTE AND ZELENSKIY STANDING, APPROACHED BY FINNISH PRIME MINISTER PETTERI ORPO

10. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON GREETING LEADERS/ STOERE, STARMER AND MELONI STANDING

11. MACRON GREETING CARNEY AND RUTTE

12. ZELENSKIY TAKING SEAT BESIDE TUSK, ACROSS STOERE, STARMER, MACRON, MELONI AND ORPO

13. LEADERS SEATED ACROSS EACH OTHER, TUSK JOKING ABOUT ZELENSKIY (English): “New member of the European Union, new member.”

14. STARMER TALKING TO MACRON