LONDON: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used a historic visit to London on Wednesday (Feb 8) to urge allies to send combat aircraft to Ukraine and deliver 'wings for freedom'. Britain said it would consider the proposal in the 'long term', although the United States and other NATO allies remain wary of getti
Zelenskyy said that fighter jets had been discussed and reiterated his call for longer-range missiles.
Zelenskyy is due in Paris late Wednesday, according to a French government source, while Zelenskyy confirmed he would meet EU leaders on Thursday." Vladimir Putin's aggression cannot be seen in any way to have been successful, and that's why we have accelerated and increased our support militarily for Ukraine," Sunak said earlier in the day.
On Tuesday, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands promised that Ukraine would get at least 100 tanks in the"coming months", as the German defence minister visited Kyiv.
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