Zelenskiy urges allies to plug ‘artificial’ weapons shortage to stop Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged allies on Saturday to plug what he pointedly characterised as an “artificial” shortage of weapons that was strengthening the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces on the battlefield.
Addressing the Munich Security Conference in southern Germany to a standing ovation, Zelenskiy mixed gratitude for the support shown by Western countries with urging them for more.
He spoke at a critical juncture of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now nearly in its third year, with his troops forced to withdraw from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka.
Ukraine faces acute shortages of ammunition, and U.S. military aid has been delayed for months in Congress.