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One widely shared video — which was not verified by The Times — purports to show government-affiliated gunmen dropping improvised munitions, an echo of the Assad government’s practices.

The prime minister also said he supports Poland withdrawing from the Ottawa convention that bans the use of antipersonnel landmines, and also possibly from the Dublin convention that bans the use of cluster munitions.

Europe lacks air-to air refuelling capabilities, as well as munitions that could take out air defences in Russia if necessary.

The Ukrainian leader visited a munitions factory in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania last September and met Trump's rival, Kamala Harris, at the White House.

The comment was a reference to a visit Zelensky made to a munitions factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania - Joe Biden's hometown - just weeks before Americans headed to the polls in the November election.