Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky will Friday open the Munich Security Conference, as world leaders gather to renew their vow to back Kyiv against Russian forces ahead of the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion.
MUNICH, Germany –
Zelensky will address the official opening event via video link later, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and France’s President Emmanuel Macron also to speak. Representing Ukraine at the conference, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he planned talks with a series of top officials focused on weapons supplies.
Zelensky is now ramping up pleas for Western fighter jets, though Ukraine’s allies have so far been cool on the subject.Ukraine’s foreign minister also welcomed the decision not to invite leaders from Russia to the conference. Still, Germany — which itself has promised to deliver 14 Leopards from military stocks — is now struggling to persuade allies to commit to giving up their own for Ukraine.
Kuleba is also expected to join a meeting of foreign ministers from the G7 club of rich countries on Saturday, on the sidelines of the conference.
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