Following the results of the first day of the visit of the NATO summit in Vilnius, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the partners for their readiness to continue defense support and said that Ukraine would receive new protection tools.

"Our defense is the first priority. And I am grateful to our partners for their willingness to take new steps. More weapons for our soldiers, more protection of life for the whole of Ukraine. We will bring new important protection tools to Ukraine," he wrote on the Telegram channel on Tuesday evening.

Zelenskyy noted that [on the second day of the Vilnius Summit] numerous bilateral meetings are planned: with American, Canadian, German, British, Dutch, Japanese and other partners.

The first inaugural meeting of the Ukraine–NATO Council is also expected.