After spending a day in London and dining in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Brussels as the " His visit will overshadow the real agenda of the meeting.

President Zelenskiy is not leaving his war-torn country just like that, “he is driving for results,” an unnamed Ukrainian official told the Financial Times.

“First of all, the result is to get weapons,” the source added..

From EU leaders, the Ukrainian president hopes to receive ammunition, especially Soviet-style artillery shells, as well as an agreement that other European countries will join the UK in training Ukrainian pilots so that they are ready for the upcoming donation of fighter jets.. Ukrainian official says Kyiv needs weapons 'as early as this month' as \u200b\u200bRussia prepares new offensive.

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Brussels diplomats told FT journalists that the leaders are sympathetic, but some of them believe they have already handed over everything they could without weakening their own Armed Forces..

At the same time, Estonian intelligence warns against expecting Vladimir Putin to surrender in his failed war against Ukraine.. And also, you should not pin any hopes on the fact that leadership in the Kremlin may change in the near future..

“Putin is playing for time, he is confident that Ukraine and the West will be exhausted before Russia,” says the new annual Estonian intelligence report, which the Financial Times calls “gloomy and depressing”.

Interestingly, according to Estonian intelligence officials, Putin's military position in terms of internal support remains strong, despite external defeats and economic weakness..

“Inside Russia became the USSR 2. 0, inspired by Stalin's repressions, Khrushchev's slogans and Brezhnev's stagnation.

Paradoxically, in modern Russia, the Putin regime is both strong and weak as never before,” the intelligence report says..

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The authors of the document advise Western leaders to give up any hope that a successor will appear who will overthrow Putin or radically change course.. Russian elites are " But most of them lack the courage to take real steps to make a difference, the document says..

“It looks like there is no new Gorbachev on the horizon, let alone Yeltsin,” conclude Estonian intelligence officers.