(Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed defense cooperation with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Davos on Tuesday.
Particular emphasis was made on air defense and long-range capabilities, Zelenskiy said in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter.
He informed Blinken and U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan of the battlefield situation, plans for 2024, and the means needed to fulfil them.
Kyiv is increasing efforts to ramp up domestic military production to ensure stable supplies and become less dependent on foreign partners, which face their own shortages and cannot meet Ukraine’s battlefield needs.
“We… emphasized that greater defense cooperation and co-production will increase Ukraine’s self-reliance while decreasing its reliance on foreign military and financial aid,” Zelenskiy said.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; editing by Jason Neely and Alex Richardson)
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