Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted his European allies Thursday for what he portrayed as the continent’s slow, fragmented and inadequate response to Russia’s invasion nearly four years ago and its continued international aggression.

Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Zelenskyy listed a litany of grievances and criticisms of Europe that he said have left Ukraine at the mercy of Russian President Vladimir Putin amid an ongoing U.S. push for a peace settlement.

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    2 days ago

    Far rights became Putin’s mouthpiece in most countries.

    Helping Ukraine is a duty of the free world, because we can’t afford losing more allies after we lost US.

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      Most people don’t care about duties and honor and values like freedom (even though they say they do).

      Western Europe has frequently “sacrificed” Eastern Europe in hopes of being able to maintain their bourgeois lifestyle a bit longer