Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says US can do more to stop Putin as he cancels Davos meetings
Volodymyr Zelensky will reportedly not go to Davos following a large-scale strike on Kyiv, as he insists the US can do more to stop Vladimir Putin.
The Ukrainian president has prioritised staying in the capital over the World Economic Forum, saying that he will now only go to Davos if a bilateral meeting with US president Donald Trump is scheduled, according to Axios.
Zelensky told reporters “everything can change at any moment” as the priority remains “to end this war”.
He said Ukraine and the US were “almost finished” preparations for prosperity package but there was room for Trump to do more in making Putin stop the war. He added that Ukraine, as well as Russia, had been invited to join Trump’s “board of peace”, but felt it was hard to imagine how Kyiv and Moscow could be on the same board.
It comes as more than 335,000 residents in Kyiv were left without electricity after Russian airstrikes overnight. Ukraine’s air force reported that Moscow launched 339 drones and 33 missiles, targeting the capital.
Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha called the “Putin’s barbaric strike” a “wake up call to world leaders gathering in Davos.”
