COPENHAGEN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with Nordic leaders in Denmark on Tuesday on military support, air defence and energy infrastructure security, as Denmark announced it was planning to donate 4.8 billion kroner ($720 million) in military aid to Ukraine. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said another 150 million kroner would be donated to Ukraine's energy sector, speaking to reporters as the meetings took place in Copenhagen.

Source: Arab News / AFP, Nov 10 2026

"I am proud to welcome President Zelensky and the Nordic leaders to Denmark. The Ukrainians' fight for a free Ukraine and a free Europe continues," Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement. Frederiksen hosted Zelensky and the heads of state and government of the Nordic countries, who discussed military support for Ukraine and security in Europe, her office said, in the Reuters account of the visit. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and his Norwegian and Finnish counterparts Jonas Gahr Store and Petteri Orpo were also to travel to Copenhagen for the talks.

Talks as Abu Dhabi negotiations open in parallel

The Copenhagen meetings came as direct Ukraine-Russia talks, under US mediation, began in Abu Dhabi. That parallel track is the diplomatic centre of this week: negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States are meeting in the UAE capital on post-war security, de-escalation and humanitarian measures, while Kyiv's European backers discuss how to keep its air defence and energy grid standing through the winter regardless of what the talks produce.

The Abu Dhabi trilateral talks opened earlier on Tuesday, with Russia, Ukraine and the United States at the same table. Read: Abu Dhabi trilateral talks open — Russia, Ukraine and US

"Almost five years after the full-scale invasion, the rain of bombs targeting civilians, relief centers, and water and heating plants continues. That is why we must stand firm," Frederiksen said on Tuesday. The Nordic countries are key supporters of Ukraine. Zelensky traveled to Oslo at the end of October to meet with American envoys; after that meeting, Store and Finnish President Alexander Stubb had a 90-minute phone call with Russia's President Vladimir Putin — which Frederiksen slammed and said had not been coordinated with Nordic neighbours. Stubb said the talk with Putin had been 'frank and substantive'.

Security in Copenhagen and what happens next

A large police presence could be seen outside the Danish prime minister's office in Copenhagen. Copenhagen police announced they would increase security for the coming days and introduced a ban on the use of drones over the capital until November 12. No joint statement text, delivery timetable for the Danish aid, or list of specific air-defence systems was published in the sources for this report. What happens next: the Nordic leaders' joint position, if one is issued, and any delivery schedule for Denmark's 4.8 billion kroner package — alongside the outcome of the Abu Dhabi talks — would each be a new development on this story.