Ukraine's First Lady urges Germany to supply more weapons for war

Ukraine’s First Lady urges Germany to supply more weapons for war with Russia as she visits refugees who fled to the country

• Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife Olena Zelenska visited Germany
• She issued plea for more weapons as she met Ukrainians who had fled there
• At women’s magazine event in Frankfurt she said Ukrainians are fighting for lives

Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife has issued a plea for more weapons as she met Ukrainians who have fled to Germany.

Olena Zelenska, who married the Ukrainian president in 2003, spoke out as she visited some of the million refugees who have fled to cities including Frankfurt.

Pleading for more air defence weapons this weekend, she said: ‘In the situation of Ukraine, we are forced to use every chance to be heard. We must close the sky and stop this deliberate missile terror of Russia.’

Olena Zelenska, who married the Ukrainian president in 2003, spoke out as she visited some of the million refugees who have fled to cities including Frankfur

Ms Zelenska met her German counterpart, Elke Budenbender, and raised the issue of providing more weapons

Ms Zelenska also met her German counterpart, Elke Budenbender, and raised the issue of providing more weapons.

She added: ‘I am forced to raise the topic of providing weapons to Ukraine. This should not be a topic of protocol communication between first ladies.’

On Saturday, she told an audience at an event organised by German women’s magazine Brigitte in Frankfurt that her role demands she ‘tell the truth’ about the horrors faced by Ukrainians, adding: ‘We are fighting for our lives.’

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