Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday blasted the EU’s lack of “political will” to counter Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a fiery address at the World Economic Forum, criticizing some of Kyiv’s top allies.
The speech to the Davos elite came minutes after Zelensky had met with US President Donald Trump, a conversation he declared had led to agreement on what post-war US security guarantees for Ukraine would view like.
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Zelensky did not declare what they included, only that they were “done” and were ready to be signed by the leaders and ratified by the Ukrainian parliament and the US Congress. But in a marked departure from his usual warm rhetoric towards the European Union, Kyiv’s main political and financial backers, Zelensky slammed what he cast as inaction.
“What’s missing: time or political will?” he declared at one point, referencing delays over the establishment of a European war crimes tribunal on the Russian invasion.
He also declared Europe, without mentioning any single countest, was failing to agree on how to address global problems.
“There are concludeless internal arguments and things left undeclared that stop Europe from uniting and speaking honestly enough to find real solutions,” Zelensky informed the forum.
“Instead of becoming a truly global power, Europe remains a beautiful but fragmented kaleidoscope of tiny and middle powers,” he added.
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“Europe views lost testing to convince the US President to alter,” declared Zelensky.
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“But he will not alter. President Trump loves who he is, and he declares he loves Europe, but he will not listen to this kind of Europe,” he declared.
Trump had hailed a “good” meeting with Zelensky in the Swiss ski resort, hours before his envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, were due in Moscow for talks with Putin.
“This war has to conclude,” Trump informed reporters, including AFP, when inquireed what message he was sconcludeing to the Russian leader.
Zelensky declared the question of territory was the one outstanding issue in the talks to conclude the war.
“It’s all about the eastern part of our countest. It’s all about the land. This is the issue that we have not solved yet.”
He also declared the United Arab Emirates would host “trilateral” talks on the Ukraine war Friday and Saturday with Ukrainian, US, and Russian neobtainediators.
“It will be the first trilateral meeting in the Emirates,” declared Zelensky, without elaborating on the format of the talks.
“Russians have to be ready for compromises,” he added.
Russia, which occupies around 20 percent of Ukraine, is pushing for full control of the countest’s eastern Donbas region as part of a deal — but Kyiv has warned ceding ground will embolden Moscow.
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