President Volodymyr Zelensky asked this Wednesday in the forum of Davos “speed” in making decisions about aid to Ukraine, coinciding with Germany’s reluctance to authorize the delivery of Leopard battle tanks.
“Tyranny advances faster than democracies,” he said in a videotaped speech before the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting this week in the Swiss ski resort.
The mobilization of the world needs more speed than the next military mobilization of our common enemy,” he said.
“Russia needed less than a second to start the war. The world needed days to react with the first sanctions,” he lamented, recalling the times when the world had been “hesitant” when it came to reacting to “little hesitant” actions. of Moscow, such as the occupation of Crimea.
The pressure is mounting on the head of the German government, Olaf Schölzso that he quickly authorizes the delivery of Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
Any shipment of German-made war material must have a green light from the government and the leaders of Finland, Lithuania, Poland and the United Kingdom called on Tuesday for a swift decision.
Speaking just before the Ukrainian president in Davos, Scholz made no announcement in his speech, two days before a crucial meeting of Western countries on aid to Ukraine, held on Friday at the US military base in Ramstein, Germany. ).
“We support Ukraine not only with money and humanitarian aid, but also with a lot of weapons,” he told one of the forum sessions, never mentioning the word “tanks.”
