Zelenski has reached an agreement with Trump to strengthen Ukraine's air capabilities after the US suspended the Patriot missile shipment
"We will work together to strengthen the protection of our heaven," the Ukrainian president said in a telephone conversation with the US.
"We talked about air defense options and agreed that we will work together to strengthen the protection of our skies," Zelenski said in a telephone conversation with Trump.
Zelenski has said he is ready to engage in "direct" cooperation with the US on the "joint capabilities and production of the defense industry" between the two countries.
"We have also touched on mutual purchases (of arms) and investments," the Ukrainian president has posted on the networks. Zelenski has asked Trump to buy the weapons he received free of charge from former US President Joe Biden with European money and is still awaiting an answer.
Moreover, the President of Ukraine has expressed his support for "all efforts to end the massacres and restore a just, lasting and dignified peace."Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and expressed his "regret" at the lack of progress towards peace.