Zelenskiy: Little progress in talks with U.S. on missile defences

May 25 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr ‌Zelenskiy said ​on ​Monday that Ukraine had made little progress in talks with the United States on expanding production ‌of missile defences and was working with Europe to ⁠solve the matter.

"Unfortunately, there has been no progress for a long time ‌with America regarding the ‌expansion of anti-ballistic missile production," he said in his nightly video address.

"We are trying to accelerate this work in ​Europe, the production of our own anti-ballistic systems on the continent in sufficient quantities."

Zelenskiy said Ukraine was continuing ⁠to talk to the United States on how it can help Ukraine and U.S. ​leadership was vital.

He thanked French President Emmanuel Macron for his role in developing systems and said ​Europe was instrumental in providing financial ‌help for Ukraine to acquire weapons.

"Europe is helping us financially. But the leadership of the ⁠United States is also very much needed. Today it is very, very important to say this," he said.

Ukraine was grateful for ⁠U.S. expertise, he said, adding it was "very important that there are results. ​The same applies to diplomacy. We expect new diplomatic measures with representatives of the President of the United States of America."

U.S.-led diplomatic initiatives ‌to move towards a settlement of the more than four-year-old war pitting Ukraine against Russia ‌have stalled, with greater focus on the war with Iran. ⁠Zelenskiy said last week he ‌was expecting new ​U.S. proposals on how to move the talks forward.

(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Oleksandr KozhukharEditing by Nick ‌Zieminski)

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