Zelenskyy appeals to allies to keep up aid as Germany pledges new weapons package

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German chancellor Olaf Scholz (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that it is important aid to Ukraine from its allies does not decrease next year as he received a pledge of a new weapons package from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on a European tour meant to win backing for his “victory plan” aimed at ending the war with Russia.

Mr Zelenskyy arrived in Berlin after stops in London, Paris and Rome on a tour arranged after a summit with US President Joe Biden and other allied leaders was derailed by Hurricane Milton.