Live: Zelenskyy in Brussels for Parliament speech and leaders' summit

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Brussels on Thursday to meet with European Union leaders as they gather for a summit.

The Belgian capital is the third stop in the Ukrainian President's whirlwind European tour. He visited London on Wednesday afternoon to address Parliament and hold a meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before crossing the Channel again for a meeting in Paris with Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz.

During his trip to Brussels, Zelenskyy is also expected to deliver a speech to European lawmakers with an extraordinary plenary session convened in the morning.

Follow all the developments as they unfold in the live blog below:

Ukraine was always going to be on the agenda as leaders convene in Brussels, as it has been since the war broke out nearly a year ago.

But with Zelenskyy in the room, discussions on military support may be even more pronounced. The Ukrainian leader now wants the West to provide planes for his armies and in London secured training for pilots. 

This comes less than two weeks after Germany caved and agreed to provide Ukrainian forces with Leopard 2 tanks. 

Leaders will also get a recap of what was discussed at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv last week.

But support for Ukraine is not the only issue leaders will tackle

They will also discuss how the bloc can protect and boost the competitiveness of its clean tech industries following the rollout in the US of the Inflation Reduction Act through which hundreds of billions of dollars will be lavished onto US-based manufacturers over the next decade.

And finally, migration and how to curb irregular arrivals, boost cooperation, and crucially solidarity among member states and enhance the protection of the external border.

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