BRUSSELS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday (Feb 9) that several European Union leaders were ready to provide Kyiv with aircraft to help it fight against Russia's invasion. Speaking during his first in-person meeting with all the 27 national leaders of a union Ukraine wants to j
BRUSSELS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that several European Union leaders were ready to provide Kyiv with aircraft to help it fight against Russia's invasion.
While he said that"Free Europe cannot be imagined without free Ukraine", and despite all the cheers and standing ovations he received during his Brussels visit, Zelenskyy heard from European Council chief Charles Michel that the road to EU membership would be long and hard. But they have yet to commit - publicly at least - to sending fighter jets and longer-range rockets, citing worries about a potential escalation of the conflict onto Russian territory.
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