Zelenskyy Rallies International Support for Ukraine at Davos

Published on January 16, 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pushing international leadership to extend more security assistance to his embattled nation as it fends off Russian aggression for a second winter. The leader pressed international allies and corporate leaders to enforce sanctions and help to rebuild Ukraine during an annual conference of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The stakes were high not only for Ukraine, he said, but for the rest of the world as well. “Anyone [who] thinks this is only about us, this is only about Ukraine, they are fundamentally mistaken,” Mr. Zelenskyy said. “Putin embodies war.” Mr. Zelenskyy’s comments come as international focus on Russia’s war continues to wane in relation to concern over Israel’s war in Gaza, which has sparked concerns about a wider regional conflict....

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