well Ukrainian president vadir zilinski is not mincing his words speaking at the world economic Forum in Davos the Ukrainian president challenged Donald Trump’s commitment to Nato and European security this is what he said and Will President Trump even notice Europe does
he see NATO as necessary and will he respect EU institutions the public statement raises pressing questions about America’s stuns on the ongoing war in Ukraine especially as Trump hints at scaling back military aid Trump known for demanding increased defense spending from NATO allies has
often boasted he could end the Ukraine war though he has yet to provide a clean plan and a clear plan zelinsky’s pointed remarks put the SP the spotlight on whether the new president will back Ukraine or Retreat from its role in European security zin’s concerns go
deeper he warned of a stuck imbalance in military capabilities High lighting that Russia can fill 1.5 million troops compared to Ukraine’s 800,000 and France’s 200,000 this disparity he says leaves Europe vulnerable unless Nations unite to address it and we need a United European
security and defense policy and All European countries must be willing willing to spend as much on security as it truly needed not just as much much as they have gotten used to during years of neglect if it takes 5% of GDP to cover defense then so be it zalinski also issued a chilling warning Russian
aggression bosted by North Korean troops is now geographically closer to Davos than Pyongyang as the theki is in Davos the devastation in Ukraine continues these are images from Ukraine’s porros Russian strikes set fire to a multi-story building and homes Ukraine’s Air Force says Russia launched 131
Shahed strike drones and numerous decoy drones in its latest assault the strikes and the stakes are higher than ever as yansy questions Trump’s commitment Europe faces boun pressure to prepare for a prolonged confrontation with an emboldened Russia our correspondent Susan Teran is now
joining us live on this broadcast from New York Susan good to see you uh various events have happened um Donald Trump did say a lot yesterday he did say that uh Putin is destroying Russia then today we have zalinski saying that he’s not really sure that Donald Trump is committed to
Nato yeah that was really interesting and I had to go back to the beginning of January when I found a remark by Donald Trump saying that it was Joe Biden’s fault that Russia invaded Ukraine because of America’s false promises to Ukraine that Ukraine would eventually join NATO and that instigated and
concerned Russian President Vladimir Putin hence the invasion so these remarks by zinski are said to be in response to those and then the continuation of which zalinski is now concerned that perhaps with Donald Trump in the White House although he’s mentioned that he is looking for a deal
and Donald Trump yesterday said that zilinsky really does want to make a deal the deal is going to fall short for Ukrainian interests zalinski then said in a meeting with a European counterpart that I disagree with Donald Trump it was actually NATO’s fault and America’s
fault for not allowing Ukraine into NATO that instigated Russia President Vladimir Putin to invade and attack Ukraine so that’s where the war of words really stem from for all