Summary
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that enforcing a peace deal with Russia would require at least 200,000 allied troops, emphasizing Europe’s need to strengthen its defenses against Russian aggression.
Speaking at Davos, he called for greater EU investment in military technology and urged NATO membership as Ukraine’s best security guarantee, despite opposition from the U.S., Germany, Hungary, and Slovakia.
Zelenskyy criticized Kremlin demands to shrink Ukraine’s army and warned that if Russia wins in Ukraine, it could threaten other nations.
The EU has helped more at this point. Of course it won’t be easy, but Ukraine can win on just EU support.
They can’t “win”. If by winning you mean take all their land back. But they can delay losing long enough for administration change in US maybe. EU is helping but it’s not enough, their stores are depleted. Also long term prospects in EU don’t look good for Ukraine. Many governments are shifting right.
New EU factories that have been in the works for years are just kicking in. Some of those EU factories are actually in Ukraine, companies like Rheinmetall have vested interests in not letting that go.
Time is not working for Russia, it never did. They have this year to push, then the EU alone will outmanufacture them.
The best Trump can give them is this one year window.