EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell suggested making longer-term financing commitments for military aid and using EU money to support the delivery of modern fighter jets and missiles.
“For an effective air force, we need a total of around 160 combat jets,” Mr Zelensky said in a television interview with Portugal’s public broadcaster.
The Swedish EU presidency has announced that the EU ministers agreed on a new package of sanctions against Iran.
A decision on further sanctions “is going to dominate and it’s not going to be easy,’’ an EU diplomat said.
Russia has threatened to retaliate if fresh EU sanctions are applied.
