Ukraine to sign security deals with Germany and France

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to sign bilateral security agreements with Germany and France on Friday (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to sign bilateral security agreements with Germany and France on Friday as Kyiv works to shore up Western support nearly two years after Russia launched its full-scale war.

The Ukrainian leader is meeting German chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin and continuing to Paris to meet French president Emmanuel Macron.