Ukraine calls on Germany and France for help amid rumours it is running out of weapons

Ukraine is said to be quickly running out of the weapons it needs to hold off Russian forces – and has called on France and Germany to send more arms.

The military only has two weeks before it uses up its supply of anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles, foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba reportedly told friends last week.

And he said the situation had only ‘partially improved’ after Western countries sent additional weapons in recent days.

Paul Grod, president of the non-profit organisation Ukrainian World Congress, told The Times that some countries were failing to fulfil their military pledges.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is understood to have told Boris Johnson that Ukraine is getting through a week’s worth of supplies in just 20 hours.

Troops are also using captured Russian ‘trophies’ – such as vehicles and other equipment – to bolster their supplies.

Western officials said they were surprised by the strength of the Ukrainian defence and had expected a ‘more limited insurgency’ at this stage.

They added that Ukrainian forces were ‘obviously expending a lot of ordnance’.

The Pentagon said troops have started regaining ground and were ‘in places and at times going on an offensive’.