Volodymyr Zelensky came to London to say thank you and, crucially, to ask for more. Even the gift he handed Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle — of a Ukrainian pilot’s helmet — contained a request for fighter jets. But going by past results, from tanks to artillery, Zelensky eventually gets his way.
After leaving the capital, he flew to Paris to meet with French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz. Today, he addressed the European Parliament. Once again, the Ukrainian president is building international consensus in the way only he can.
