Security, Peace In Ukraine Must Outpace Russia's Attack: Prez Zelenskyy At WEF Davos

"We can’t continue with the old rules and laws regarding global, climate and food security as all of them should be amended with new ones. We need the feat of decision-making in this civilised world. Security and peace in Ukraine must outpace with out-pacing life and democracy against Russia’s attacks," the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke his heart out at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.

In his virtual address, Zelenskyy said, "you need one second to start the war but many days to encounter it with the same force or sanctions. The time which was taken by the world to think is used by the terrorist state together to set new strategies."

He said that Ukraine and its allies are resisting it for almost eight years (Russia annexed Crimea in 2014) and proved that all their prompt actions resulted in positive results. "So, the World must not hesitate today and never against Russia. When evil seeks revenge, the world needs resolve and spirit," said the president of Ukraine. 

“Russia is exporting terrorism and the world needs to act fast,” he appealed to the world.

He further went on to say, "Our collective Military mobilisation must outpace Russia’s. The supply of missile defence systems and western battle tanks to Ukraine should be faster than Russia’s next military move,", appealing for faster military support and supply. 

Adding details of Russia's attacks on Ukrainian cities, he said, “Russian missiles also hit a residential building in Dnipro and killed 45 people, including infants. A tribunal of war crimes must prevent new ones. EU must outgrow Russian aggression. We routinely defend values that some of the allies take for granted."

He further said, “Opening of Ukrainian border to export grains saved millions and millions of lives. Not only Ukraine but the world needs decision-making capabilities. Russia occupied Crimea in 2014 without hesitation and in 2022, Russia started a full-scale war without hesitation. History repeats itself, the war either fails to notice or underestimates its united resistance. War comes with some cost and it results in narcissism."

"Whether it is climate change or the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, the world will overcome one day," he hoped.

On the question of Russia’s place in the world order, Zelenskyy said he is not sure about it, however, they have to recognise their mistake, have to follow the statute and respect our territory, otherwise, "you can see their future".