Par Jorge Liboreiro & Sasha Vakulina & Luca Bertuzzi & Angela Skujins & Marta Pacheco & Peggy Corlin & Mared Gwyn Jones & Sandor Zsiros & Vincenzo Genovese

Publié le 16/10/2026 - 8:12 UTC+2

Les dirigeants européens entendent afficher leur soutien à Volodymyr Zelensky lors du deuxième jour du sommet de l'UE à Bruxelles, vendredi, sur fond de tensions croissantes entre le président ukrainien et Donald Trump, notamment après un accord sur le diesel conclu avec la Russie.

Donald Trump a exigé que l'Ukraine cesse ses frappes contre les raffineries de pétrole russes, qu'il tient pour responsables de la hausse des prix des carburants. Kyiv a rétorqué que les perturbations étaient en réalité dues à la guerre menée par les États-Unis contre l'Iran.

Le président ukrainien a assuré que les frappes contre l'industrie pétrolière russe se poursuivraient sans relâche, malgré les craintes de voir Washington suspendre le partage de renseignements en représailles.

Pour de nombreux dirigeants européens, ces frappes à longue portée constituent le principal levier de pression de Kyiv sur Moscou. Ils entendent afficher un front uni derrière Volodymyr Zelensky, alors que l'alliance transatlantique traverse une nouvelle crise.

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8:43 UTC+2

Leaders begin to arrive

EU leaders are slowly making their way into the second day of the summit. Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten is among the first ones to show up.

Stay tuned for updates.

Credit: European Union

8:10 UTC+2

Ukraine working on European alternatives to Starlink, top Zelenskyy aide says

As EU leaders begin the second day of their summit in Brussels, with Ukraine's defence needs high on the agenda, a senior Ukrainian official has told Euronews that work is already under way on European alternatives to US-made air defence systems and Starlink satellite communications.

Speaking exclusively to Euronews' Europe Today programme, Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office, said the European FREYJA anti-ballistic missile programme had progressed to direct engagement between defence companies.

"We need a European equivalent of an air defence system," he said, adding that Ukraine intended to take a leading role in its development.

Kyiv is also pursuing a European alternative to Starlink, although Zhovkva declined to disclose further details.

Asked whether developing these systems would take too long, Zhovkva said progress would come considerably sooner than sceptics anticipated.

"We have a clear timetable and deadlines," he said. "It will be much faster than ten or fifteen years, and even faster than five."

Zhovkva also insisted that Europe must be involved in any negotiations to end the war, arguing that Ukraine's future security was inseparable from that of the wider continent.

7:25 UTC+2

Ukraine takes centre stage on Friday

The second day of the EU summit will have one key purpose: to show the world that Europe continues to be fully behind Ukraine's fight against Russia's full-scale invasion.

Of course, this isn't the first time that this has happened. In fact, it's a message that every EU summit has sent since February 2022. What changes now is the context: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he feels betrayed by the diesel supply deal that US President Donald Trump struck last Friday with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in open defiance of Western sanctions.

Since then, relations between Zelenskyy and Trump have rapidly deteriorated. Trump has called for new elections in Ukraine, which are forbidden in wartime, while Zelenskyy insists the strikes on Russia's oil refineries, which Trump has asked him to stop, will resume.

7:18 UTC+2

What happened yesterday?

The first day of the EU summit was dominated by the fight over the next long-term budget. At the end of an inconclusive day of talks, António Costa, the president of the European Council, took charge of the negotiations. He has committed to present a new compromise with revised figures ahead of a special summit next month.

Inconclusive sparring at EU summit puts budget timeline into question

EU leaders stuck to their red lines on the next long-term budget at Thursday’s summit, with several now rejecting the presumed December deadline. Council Presi…