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

Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says it’s important that allies’  aid to Ukraine doesn’t decrease next year. He received a pledge of a new weapons package from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Friday on a European tour meant to win backing for his “victory plan” aimed at ending the war with Russia. Zelenskyy arrived in Berlin after stops Thursday in London, Paris and Rome on a tour arranged after a planned summit Saturday with U.S. President Joe Biden and other allied leaders was derailed by Hurricane Milton. Scholz emphasized Berlin’s continued focus on helping Kyiv with air defense. And he said that, by the end of the year, it will deliver another package of military support worth 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion), with support from Belgium, Denmark and Norway.