Ukraine will ask the US for more heavy weapons to defeat Russia, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, before what he said was a “very significant” visit to Kyiv by the US secretary of state and defence secretary on Sunday. Earlier on Saturday, Zelenskiy thanked Boris Johnson in a phone call for training members of the Ukrainian military on UK soil. Asked by the Observer if possible illness explained the Russian leader’s decision to invade Ukraine, Zelenskiy said: “It’s difficult to assess.”He stressed: “The Russian Federation always wanted something like this to happen. Looking a little tired, and dressed in a grey military fleece, Zelenskiy spoke passionately about the destruction of peaceful communities. “We closed the airspace to Russia’s military planes – and even civilian ones – flying to Syria.

Source: The Guardian April 24, 2022 05:15 UTC