The president flew in by helicopter yesterday morning for a meeting with Rishi Sunak at Chequers, the prime minister's country retreat, the latest stop in a tour of Europe that has already seen him visit Rome, Berlin and Paris.
Britain also promised to supply "hundreds of attack drones" capable of operating at 125 miles, although this description did not match any known UK capability and the Ministry of Defence refused to give any extra details as to what was on offer.
Speculation centred on whether the drones were a 3D-printed, suicide drone made by the UK defence company Qinetiq. A press release from the company referring to them was removed from its website in February after it was picked up and reported on by a specialist publication.
Standing next to Sunak after the meeting, Zelenskiy said the two men had discussed fighter planes "because we can't control the sky" and that he was positive about persuading the US and other western nations to supply them.
"We want to create this jets coalition and I'm very positive with it," Zelenskiy said. "We spoke about it and I see that in the closest time you will hear some, I think very important decisions but we have to work a little bit more on it."
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