Full story: Zelenskiy uses Davos speech to intensify call for more tanks from allies
And finally, here’s our latest news story from Davos:
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has stepped up calls for Ukraine’s army to be supplied with heavy tanks and urged “resolve and speed” of decision-making from western allies in the face of resistance from the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz.
Addressing a packed gathering at the World Economic Forum in Davos via video link on Wednesday, Ukraine’s president warned that “tyranny is outpacing democracy” as Germany hesitates over whether to supply the country with Leopard 2 tanks.
Scholz dashed hopes that he would announce a decision to supply Ukraine with heavy tanks in his keynote speech in Davos earlier in the day, making no new weapon commitments and warning the world needed to avoid escalating the conflict into a war between Russia and Nato.
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We’ll be back in the morning from Davos, when Labour leader Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves are here, as is business secretary Grant Shapps and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch…. GW
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