Zelenskyy meets with Slovakian PM Eduard Heger in Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday thanked Slovakia for the support it had given to Ukraine as his country continues to fight against the Russian invasion.

Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger travelled to Kyiv on Friday where he held a meeting with Zelenskyy.

"I'd like to thank (Slovakia) not for the future, but for what they are doing for us at the appropriate times," Zelenskyy said during the meeting.

"For fully supporting us and our position in the war, condemning Russian aggression not only in statements, but really supporting us with weapons," he added.

During his trip, Heger announced that his country had donated its Soviet-era S-300 air defence system to Ukraine.

Zelenskyy had appealed for S-300s to help the country "close the skies" to Russian warplanes and missiles.

Heger accompanied European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to Kyiv, part of effort to signal the EU's support for Ukraine.

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