KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday heaped pressure on Western allies to provide his country with more heavy weapons to fight Russia on the eve of a key donor meeting.

A day after a helicopter crash outside the capital Kyiv killed one of his key ministers, the Ukrainian leader called out Germany for its hesitance to supply its modern Leopard tanks — unless the United States also gives tanks.

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