Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was en route to Washington on Wednesday to meet President Joe Biden, address Congress and seek "weapons, weapons and more weapons" in his first overseas trip since Russia invaded Ukraine 300 days ago.

Zelensky said the visit was aimed at strengthening Ukraine's "resilience and defence capabilities" amid repeated Russian attacks on energy and water supplies in the dead of winter.

Volodymyr Zelensky and other officials were filmed travelling with cars outside Przemyśl train station in Poland. Bridget Brink, the US ambassador to Ukraine, is also seen in the video.

Zelensky is due to visit the White House to meet President Joe Biden as well as to the US Capitol later today.

Presidential political adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said the visit showed the high degree of trust between the two countries and offered him the opportunity to explain what weapons Kyiv needs.

Putin: Russia will ensure its nuclear forces are combat ready



President Vladimir Putin has vowed that Russia will fulfil all the goals of what Moscow calls its “military campaign” in Ukraine in an end-of-year meeting of his top defence officials, and promised to give his armed forces anything they asked for to support them.

In his speech where he he laid his country’s military plans to defence chiefs in Moscow, Putin said he will ensure that Russia’s nuclear forces are combat-ready and that there were no financial limits on what the government would provide its military.

He accused Nato of using its full capabilities against Russia and urged military leaders to use their experience gained fighting in Syria and in Ukraine.

He also said Russia needed to take special note of the importance of drones in the war in Ukraine, adding that Russia’s hypersonic Sarmat missile – called Satan II – would be ready for deployment in the near future.