Before the Munich Security Conference, which begins in Germany on February 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to visit Berlin and Paris. Bloomberg reports this with reference to its own sources.

The agency's interlocutors say that Zelensky needs a trip to Western Europe to lobby for aid to Ukraine amid the ongoing struggle for funding in Washington.

It is expected that the President of Ukraine will personally participate in the Munich Security Conference and will need to justify the need to accelerate military aid.

It is also assumed that Zelensky will talk about security guarantees for Ukraine during his likely tour, which Kyiv is already negotiating with London.

According to the publication, Zelensky is seeking security guarantees from all G7 countries in case the current war ends and then Russia attacks again.

The governments of France and Germany refused to comment to Bloomberg on Zelensky's possible arrival, and the Office of the President of Ukraine does not comment on the travel schedule of the Ukrainian president for security reasons, the agency notes.