Poland on Tuesday hailed progress in resolving a historical dispute with Ukraine and said Warsaw would work to speed its neighbour's progress towards the European Union in talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy which also covered arms supplies.

NATO member Poland scrambled fighter jets after overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, Warsaw's military said on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces told Newsweek that "intense long-range aviation activity" from Russia had been detected early on Wednesday.

Rzeszów, a large Polish city in close proximity to the country’s border with Ukraine, is an instrumental location in the flow of Western equipment.

The meeting of the defence ministers from the EU's largest countries together with the deputy defence minister of Great Britain comes as Poland begins its rotating presidency of the EU and as Europe braces for the unpredictability of a new Donald Trump presidency.

The British prime minister’s visit to Kyiv, his first since taking office in July, caps a week of hurried diplomatic activity by Ukraine’s NATO allies, keen to prove their commitment as uncertainty hangs over the incoming Trump administration.

Ukraine's military now totals 880,000 soldiers, facing 600,000 Russian troops, Zelensky says Russia launches mass missile attack against Ukraine Ukraine, Russia have to make concessions to end war, Rubio says Ukraine brings back 25 people from Russian captivity,

(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the two countries reached an agreement on exhuming Polish victims of WWII-era massacres by Ukrainian nationalists, in Warsaw ...

No less certain is what Trump will decide to do. Any plan to deploy European troops to Ukraine — especially NATO member countries — would likely need U.S. backing to be an effective deterrent. That would keep Trump involved in Europe, something he doesn’t want.

Ties between the neighbours have been strained for generations by the Volhynia killings that took place from 1943 to 1945.

The key focus for Ukraine in future peace negotiations will be securing robust and comprehensive security guarantees to prevent any future Russian aggression

The French defense minister visited Poland on Monday to discuss support for Ukraine with other European nations. While Warsaw remains cautious about sending troops, it is looking to boost arms production in Europe while working on a new cooperation treaty with Paris.

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