President Zelenskyy counts on more Western defence aid for Ukraine in next two months

On Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that he anticipated signings of many new Western defence deals for Ukraine this and next month.

“We are preparing new agreements with partners – strong bilateral agreements,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.

“January and February should bring corresponding results. There are already specific dates when new and strong documents can be expected.”

Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Western supporters of Kyiv banded together to provide Zelenskyy extraordinary military and other support in order to assist him save his nation.

However, supplies and weapons have been trickling in recently due to the war’s nearing third year, no progress made in the front lines in the previous 12 months, and mounting resistance to more help in the US.

Zelenskyy did not specify which nations he planned to reach accords with. The president of Ukraine has been on a weeks-long worldwide diplomatic frenzy in an attempt to obtain further military and political backing.

He has often repeated that Russia’s increased winter air strikes and Moscow’s slow but gruelling offensive in Ukraine’s east have underlined the need for more reinforcement of Kyiv’s air and ground defences.

Earlier this month, Britain, one of Kyiv’s staunchest supporters, said it will increase its support for Ukraine in the next financial year to 2.5 billion pounds ($3.19 billion).

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he would head to Ukraine in February to finalise a bilateral security guarantee deal under which Paris would deliver more sophisticated weaponry, including long-range cruise missiles.