Vladimir Putin ordered the unlawful invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

14:26, Thu, Jan 22, 2026 Updated: 15:03, Thu, Jan 22, 2026

Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a speech at Davos (Image: Getty)

Volodymyr Zelensky issued a stark warning to Western countries in a blistering speech delivered at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Ukrainian president took aim at NATO's European allies for not doing enough to protect themselves against the threat posed by Russia.

He warned that, while today Vladimir Putin is attacking Ukraine, "tomorrow it could be any NATO country". Mr Zelensky said: "Russian missiles and Shaheds are still here. And we still have the coordinates of the factories where they are made. Today they target Ukraine. Tomorrow it could be any NATO country."

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Zelensky said Russia could attack 'any NATO country'. (Image: Getty)

He also accused Europe of being in "Greenland mode" as Donald Trump's mission to seize the world's largest island continues to dominate global discussions.

The Ukrainian leader warned that Russia's growing influence in Belarus is being ignored as politicians focus on defending Greenland.

He said: "Belarus in 2020 is the example. No one helped their people, and now Russian Oreshnik missiles are deployed in Belarus within range of most European capitals. That would not have happened if the Belarusian people had won in 2020.

"And we have told our European partners multiple times, act now, act now against those missiles in Belarus, missiles are never just decoration, but Europe still remains in Greenland mode. Maybe someday someone will do something."

Mr Zelensky met with Mr Trump before his speech at the forum, which he described as "positive" and thanked the US president for "finding time for us". He said: "My team spoke with the American team before my meeting with President Trump.

"My team spend a lot of time with Americans, and even I wanted to ask president Trump to give them American passports because I think that they really spend a lot of time [there].

"I think that the meeting is very important, we need a boat, I hope this is the boat, this is the ship to peace."

He then confirmed that the "first trilateral meeting" between Russia, Ukraine, and the US will take place tomorrow or the day after in the UAE.

Mr Zelensky suggested that the talks were a "surprise" organised by the American contingent. He said: "I hope that the Emirates know about it. Yes. Sometimes we have such surprises from our American side."