"Warplanes will be the subject of the second part of our talks. We work to form a combat coalition with the fighters.

I will turn to the Germans to ask Germany to be part of it," Volodymyr Zelensky said. He urged Germany to support its demand to obtain fighter jets from the West, ahead of a counter-offensive against the Russian invasion. "It is not an easy matter," he said, adding that he would discuss the issue with Chancellor Olaf Scholz.