KIEV, March 15. /TASS/. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Tuesday said Kiev needs significantly more military assistance from Western countries.

"Without your efforts, things would have been extremely difficult for us, but please understand, we need more," he said at a meeting with the leaders of the countries that are members of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force. "We really want you to help us, I'm sure you can increase the amount."

The Ukrainian president, who took part in the meeting via a video link, stressed that the volume of assistance provided by the West is large, but insufficient. According to him, Kiev is currently using Soviet-time military equipment.

Set up in 2014, the Joint Expeditionary Force isn’t a regular force. Member countries (which also include Denmark, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Estonia) occasionally hold joint military exercises.