Balkan summit to rally support for struggling Ukraine

(ANSA-AFP) - ZAGREB, OCT 9 - Balkan leaders will rally to support Ukraine at a summit on Wednesday as it struggles to fight off invading Russian forces, with Kyiv pushing for more military aid. Croatia will host 12 regional states plus Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on his latest trip to rally backing from allies as the looming US election throws Ukraine's fortunes into doubt. The summit will show that the "whole region supports Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in the fight for freedom", Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said. He pledged his country's continuous "solidarity with Ukraine... including military support". Joining Zelensky and Plenkovic will be heads of state, premiers and foreign ministers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey. (ANSA-AFP).