Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that support from his embattled nation's Western allies is key to his “ victory plan ” to end the country's devastating war with Russia as he laid out details of the plan to European Union leaders.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said a formal invitation to join Nato is “the only way” Ukraine can survive Russia’s invasion, as the Ukrainian president urged western allies to endorse his plan to end the war.

On substance, the EU had little to offer Kyiv. With Hungary objecting, the bloc failed to unblock frozen Russian assets as loans for Ukraine. Zelenskyy also met with Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, another increasingly pro-Russia country like Hungary.