Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Western nations Thursday to provide more money to help Ukraine's military keep fighting nearly 5 1/2 months after Russia invaded its neighbour.
"The sooner we stop Russia, the sooner we can feel safe," Zelenskyy said while addressing defence leaders at a Denmark conference aimed at strengthening financing for weapons, training and demining work in his country.
"We need armaments, munitions for our defence," he added, speaking via a live link from Ukraine.
The conference in Copenhagen is a follow-up to an April meeting at a US air base in Germany that established the US-led Ukraine Defence Contact Group, which coordinates international military support for Ukraine.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov, who attended the conference in Denmark's capital, told journalists that acquiring more fighter planes is the country's priority right now.