MUNICH: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged world leaders Friday (Feb 17) to speed up support at the opening of the Munich Security Conference, as Germany pushed allies to deliver crucial tanks ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion. Allies have delivered an array of weaponry t
MUNICH: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged world leaders Friday to speed up support at the opening of the Munich Security Conference, as Germany pushed allies to deliver crucial tanks ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion.
It is being attended by the leaders of France and Germany, as well US Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, China's top diplomat Wang Yi and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg. But he also piled fresh pressure on allies to live up to a pledge to deliver battle tanks promised to Ukraine, after Berlin dropped its initial reluctance following desperate pleas from Kyiv.
Germany has pledged to send tanks from its own military stocks, but has struggled to persuade allies to do the same - saying recently it had only managed to muster"half a battalion" of the newest variety, mostly its own.Zelenskyy has now shifted focus to pleading for Western fighter jets, though Ukraine's allies have so far been cool on the subject.
With signs that Russia is managing to adapt to the sanctions imposed following its invasion, the United States and its allies plan a major array of new measures against Moscow to mark the war's anniversary, a US official said.
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