Slovenia's defence minister and foreign minister arrive in Kyiv
Slovenia's Foreign Minister Tone Kajzer and Defence Minister Valentin Hajdinjak arrived in Kyiv on 17 September.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha reported the arrival of his Slovenian counterpart and posted a photo from the railway station.
"Grateful for [Tone Kajzer's] brave visit amid Russia's ongoing terror against our country. We have a lot to discuss today. Ukraine and Slovenia share an interest in a strong and secure Europe, and there is much more we can do together to advance it," Sybiha wrote on X.
Glad to welcome my Slovenian friend and colleague @TKajzer to Kyiv this morning.
Grateful for his brave visit amid Russia’s ongoing terror against our country.
We have a lot to discuss today. Ukraine and Slovenia share an interest in a strong and secure Europe, and there is… pic.twitter.com/fiOg6d0bFd– Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 (@andrii_sybiha) September 17, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later reported a meeting with the Slovenian delegation and revealed that it also includes Defence Minister Valentin Hajdinjak and representatives of Slovenian companies.
Today, a government delegation from Slovenia is in Kyiv, together with representatives of their leading companies. I met with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs @TKajzer and Minister of Defense Valentin Hajdinjak. Our countries are working on the Drone Deal, and we… pic.twitter.com/9sNP4veggJ
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 17, 2026
"Our countries are working on the Drone Deal, and we discussed the first results and joint defence projects that we can implement. We talked at length about Ukraine's future as part of a united Europe, security in our region, and Russia's constant attacks. I thanked Slovenia for its US$50 million contribution to PURL [Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List programme] and for all its support," Zelenskyy wrote.
Over the past weekend, a train carrying Western politicians returning from Kyiv narrowly avoided coming under fire near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing, as a Russian drone hit the locomotive of a scheduled passenger train on this stretch near the border shortly afterwards.
The state-run railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) has not ruled out that the diplomatic train was the initial target.