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Published: 09 February 2023
EDITED BY| ANNA SAM
WORLD SECTION CJ EDITOR
Brussels-Belgium-February 9, 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid an official visit to the UK on Wednesday, it's his second since he takes the authority and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, where held betrayal talks with British officials about supporting his country with weapons and training ... Zelensky takes his tour to Brussels and there he addressed an important dialogue with the European leaders and deputies of the European Parliament, after two stops in London and Paris to ask Britain, France, and Germany to supply his country with modern fighter jets and long-range missiles
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has received a warm reception in Brussels as he seeks to push European leaders to provide his country with long-range aircraft and weapons to strengthen Kyiv's defenses against a Russian invasion.
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Two weeks before the first anniversary of the most fierce conflict in Europe since the Forties of the last century, Zelensky is making only his second trip abroad since the large-scale invasion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the European Parliament that his country's troops fighting the Russian army "defend you," in a speech in which he called for more European military support for his country. "We are defending in the face of the most powerful anti-European force in the modern world -- we are defending ourselves, we Ukrainians on the battlefield, on your side," he told MEPs.
"Ukraine is Europe and the future of your country is in the European Union," parliament speaker Roberta mitsula said in her speech.
"Countries should quickly consider, as a next step, providing you with the long-range systems and aircraft you need to protect the freedom that many have taken for granted," she said.