President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that Ukraine is working on new agreements with a number of countries regarding weapons and defence technologies to strengthen the military's capabilities.

Source: Zelenskyy in his evening address on 20 October

Quote: "There will be additional support packages. Separately – and very specifically – we are working with the United States to ensure that Ukraine still can receive the necessary number of Patriot systems. This is not an easy task, but it is one of the security guarantees for Ukraine – and it will work in the long term.

In Washington, I spoke with defence companies that produce Patriots and other weapons we need. The willingness to work with Ukraine is fully sufficient – Ukraine is trusted. It is important that there be enough support for this at the political level in Washington."

Details: Zelenskyy added that the US is interested in cooperation on nuclear power, gas and oil.

Quote: "Ukraine's infrastructure can provide greater energy security for the entire region – and the United States is clearly interested in that. Overall, this is already part of a much broader Euro-Atlantic strategy – the energy market in Europe must be freed not only from dependence on Russian energy resources but also from the very fact of their supply."

Background: Following a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief on 20 October, Zelenskyy announced that a decision has been made to provide the Ukrainian military with additional helicopters and to expand Air Force capabilities in general to protect energy infrastructure.

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