Zelenskiy’s Europe tour was a success, but west’s latest gifts may not be enough
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6BRH5)
Western weapons give Ukraine best hope against Russia, as highlighted by response to overnight attack on Kyiv
Even by Volodymyr Zelenskiy's standards, the Ukrainian president's high-speed trip around Europe's principal capitals was successful. A trip to Berlin extracted a commitment to supply 2.7bn more arms, Paris offered more troop training and light tanks, and London pilot training and long-range drones.
The ongoing supply of western weapons is what gives Kyiv its best hope of kicking out the Russian invaders, a point underlined by Moscow's overnight bombing of Kyiv. Eighteen out of eighteen missiles apparently aimed at US-made Patriot air defence systems were knocked out and casualties appear to be minimal.
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