spoke with the chairmen of the joint chiefs of staff mark millie, according to a message on his facebook page. he said, i m quoting, he told millie that the situation is developing according to the plan. the initiative is in our hands. we assume they both know what that plan was. there is lots of talk that the offensive is not going according to plan, that it hasn t really resulted in the kind of progress they were hoping for. according to this note in facebook, also, he spoke with millie about ukraine s needs for better and more munitions and weapons. we know that the united states is considering announcing tomorrow, a new aid package, a weapons package for ukraine that is supposed to, we believe include cluster munitions. ukraine desperately needs to
why this allegation to bangladesh time and again? bangladesh s prime minister. we ll have more of that interview later in the programme where ll be so do stay tuned. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky has made a surprise visit to the uk to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russia s invasion. the meeting with prime minister rishi sunak is the latest stop on mr zelensky s tour of european capitals. on sunday germany s leader, 0laf scholz, announced a defence weapons package.. then in paris, president macron promised more light tanks and armoured fighting vehicles. today, britain announced it was sending ukraine hundreds of attack drones and air defence missiles but stopped short of sending jets. 0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley reports. the last stop in a whirlwind tour. his visit here only announced this morning. president zelensky arrived at chequers fresh from talks in europe.
the. reporter: hi there, kim. first of all, i think you re absolutely right. i think it is very important not just for volodymyr zelenskyy but for the germans as well. it is the show off their meetings with german leaders. if you look at some of the things that have already been announced here ahead of this meeting, you can already say that at least for the ukrainians, probably for the germans as well, this has already been a big success. one of the things we ve been talking about is the big weapons package. the germans have announced they are giving to ukraine. it s 2.7 billion euros. that s around $3 billion. a lot of the weapons are extr extremely popular.
of europe seemingly. what does he hope to get out of the meetings? reporter: weapons. that s something that appears to be happen for him. sam said something that s important. zelenskyy said that offensive should begin soon and said at a press conference that i attended that he believed that the ukrainians could end the war by the end of this year. that is something that a lot of people would like to see. they need a lot of western weapons and a thing you talked about is correct. big weapons package from the germans worth about $3 billion. capable air defense and main battle tanks and strong how witsers. there was also talks between the
BERLIN, May 13 Germany is preparing a new weapons package for Ukraine worth €2.7 billion (RM13.2 billion), reportedly Berlin’s largest since Russia invaded last year, the.