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Ukraine's Zelenskiy to ask EU summit for arms, quick accession - official

UKRAINE-CRISIS-EU:Ukraine's Zelenskiy to ask EU summit for arms, quick accession - official
UKRAINE-CRISIS-EU:Ukraine's Zelenskiy to ask EU summit for arms, quick accession - official Copyright  Thomson Reuters 2023
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BRUSSELS - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will ask a summit of European Union leaders on Thursday for more arms to fight Russia and powering ahead with Kyiv's bid to join the EU, a senior Ukrainian official said on Wednesday.

Zelenskiy visited Britain on Wednesday, winning a pledge to train Ukrainian pilots on advanced NATO fighter jets, and was expected in the European Union hub Brussels on Thursday for talks among the 27 national leaders of the bloc.

"My president travels to get results," said the Ukrainian official. "He is on a foreign trip today. First and foremost, the main result is - weapons.... We need the support of the European Council to speed up arms deliveries to Ukraine."

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