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Zelenskyy calls on EU to give jets, missiles or expect a long war

A Slovak MiG-29 jet at Silac Air Base in Slovakia. Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelenskyy thanked Slovakia and Poland on March 23, 2022 for donating their Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to his forces and warned other EU countries the war with Russia could drag on for years if they did not provide Ukraine with modern weaponry – particularly fighter jets and missiles [File: Slovak Ministry Of Defence via Reuters]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had told European leaders to rapidly increase the supply of modern weapons to his forces, particularly jet fighters and long-range missile systems, otherwise, they should prepare for the war dragging on for years.

Speaking on a train to Kyiv after his third visit in two days to war-ravaged areas near the front lines in the south and east of Ukraine, Zelenskyy gave an emotional account of what he had seen as he addressed a summit of European Union leaders gathered in Brussels via video link, an EU official said.

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