Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, January 22, blasted the EU's lack of "political will" in countering Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during a fiery address criticizing some of Kyiv's top allies at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The speech to the Davos elite came minutes after Zelensky had met with US President Donald Trump, a conversation which he said brought agreement about what post-war US security guarantees for Ukraine would look like. Zelensky did not say what the security guarantees included, only that they were "done" and were ready to be signed by the leaders and ratified by the Ukrainian parliament and US Congress.
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