On 6 May, the first EU-Ukraine Defence industries Forum took place in Brussels. The event was hosted by EU High Representative Josep Borrell and European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton, together with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, and Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin, with support from the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU and the Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD). The Forum focused on strengthening defence industrial cooperation between the EU and Ukraine, in view of providing sustained military support to Ukraine, also over the long term, and better addressing Ukrainian defence