Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday to push NATO members for more military aid including warplanes, artillery and armoured equipment ahead of Friday's Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Ramstein Airbase in Germany.
Ednews informs via Euronews that the meeting at the world's largest airbase outside of the US is the main international forum for drumming up military support for Ukraine.
NATO's chief was in Kyiv to vocalise his support for Ukraine's membership bid to the US-led alliance.
Stoltenberg defiantly declared Thursday that Ukraine’s “rightful place” is in the military alliance and pledged more support for the country on his first visit to Kyiv since Russia’s invasion just over a year ago.
Stoltenberg said he and Zelenskyy discussed a NATO support programme for Ukraine.