Berlin | President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met with Germany’s leaders in Berlin on Sunday, his latest stop on a diplomatic tour aimed at shoring up support among Western allies and pushing for faster deliveries of weapons as a Ukrainian counteroffensive looms in the 15-month war.

Speaking to journalists at the chancellery, Mr Zelensky and Chancellor Olaf Scholz sought to highlight an improving relationship with exchanges of gratitude and praise. But their responses to some questions — namely on fighter jets — reflected how Ukraine is still struggling to gain traction with Germany and other Western allies on some of its demands.