UKRAINE’S president co-hosted a summit with Albania’s government today, meant to encourage further support for Kiev by south-eastern European countries.

This comes as Ukraine struggles with what increasingly looks like a losing conflict with Russia, just days after the second anniversary of the Kremlin launching its invasion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived from Saudi Arabia before midnight on Tuesday, the latest stop in an international tour aimed at attempting to shore up his ailing forces.