Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday pleaded with European Union leaders for more financial and military aid ahead of what he called a “dangerous winter.”
“We have done our homework,” Zelensky said, but despite Kiev’s efforts to prepare for the colder months ahead, Ukraine needed further help.
Air defense and financial support to also help Ukraine’s domestic weapons production are most urgently needed, Zelensky said as he arrived at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels.
The EU supports Ukraine in its war against Russia, but Kremlin-friendly Hungary has been blocking further military and financial aid to Kiev for months.
“Your unity is also a weapon, and it is a weapon that means one thing for all of us: security,” Zelensky told the bloc’s 27 leaders.