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President Zelenskyy urges West to speed up flow of weapons to Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has bared his frustration about not obtaining enough tanks from some Western countries to help Ukraine's defend against Russian forces.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | AP/PTI
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2 min read Last Updated : Jan 19 2023 | 5:11 PM IST

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has bared his frustration about not obtaining enough tanks from some Western countries to help Ukraine's defend against Russian forces.

The Ukrainian leader, at a breakfast Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, offered a veiled critique of countries like Germany, Poland and the US crucial supporters of Ukraine that have nonetheless hesitated about sending tanks.

Speaking by video link, Zelenskyy bemoaned a lack of specific weaponry and said that to win the war, we cannot just do it with motivation and morale.

Through an interpreter, he told the Victor Pinchuk Foundation breakfast that I would like to thank again for the assistance from our partners. But at the same time, there are times where we shouldn't hesitate or we shouldn't compare when someone says, I will give tanks if someone else will also share his tanks.'

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First Published: Jan 19 2023 | 5:11 PM IST

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