Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to ask for additional military support for his country’s defensive campaign against Russia at an emergency meeting with defence ministers from NATO countries on Friday. The meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council, organized via videoconference, is expected to focus in particular on the question of whether allies can supply Ukraine with additional air-defence systems in the short term. According to Zelensky, the Ukrainian armed forces also need additional weapons, artillery shells, vehicles and drones. Ukraine is currently concerned with whether it can h…