Ukraine has not received all the weapons promised by the West, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof.

“We need not only permission, but we also need (the actual weapons). We have not received everything we want to use. Permission to use certain long-range arms on Russian soil depends on the U.S., the U.K., France, and Germany, which have relevant drones and missiles, the permission alone is not enough today.

Ukraine had an agreement that it would receive such weapons, and is more positive about the prospects of getting permission from its Western partners to carry out long-range strikes inside Russia”, - said the Ukrainian leader.

Kyiv has long argued that restrictions on the use of long-range weapons are stifling its war effort, while Washington claimed that allowing Ukraine to hit deep into Russian territory with its weapons could escalate the situation.

Ukraine has dismissed these arguments and has ramped up pressure to lift the ban in recent weeks amid the ongoing incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast. The White House has not budged on its position, despite some U.S. politicians backing Kyiv’s demands.