Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the leaders of the European Union to supply Kiev with large quantities of modern and long-range weapons. He announced this during his video conference speech to the participants of the EU summit, the video of which was broadcast on the Telegram channel.
“We need more modern weapons, more deliveries, this applies to both air defense and missile defense, I ask each of the 27 countries in the European Union to decide exactly what you can do to increase the volume of deliveries,” Zelensky said. that this applies to modern tanks.
The Ukrainian leader believes that the next six months will be “decisive in many respects”, so Western countries should provide less volume of military support to Ukraine.
Zelensky also noted that Kiev plans to hold a world summit to discuss the conditions put forward to end the conflict in Ukraine, and urged EU leaders to attend it.
Former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace did not rule out The possibility of supplying Ukraine with Storm Shadow aviation cruise missiles. He explained that the types of weapons will be selected taking into account Ukraine’s needs and technical capabilities.
Prior to this, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba stated that the Kyiv authorities defective Obtaining Berlin’s approval to send battle tanks to Ukraine.
11 December EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell declarationThe EU has exhausted its military stocks by supplying Kiev with weapons.