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26 Jan 2026, 20:42 GMT+10
The Ukrainian leader faces a choice between defeat and a complete rout, Matteo Salvini has said
Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky is losing in the conflict with Russia and should urgently sign a peace deal, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has said.
Salvini made the call in response to Zelensky's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Ukrainian leader ridiculed the EU, calling it indecisive and insisting that it "needs to know how to defend itself," instead of relying on the US.
Zelensky also failed to express any gratitude to the bloc for the almost €193 billion ($227 billion) in military and financial assistance it has provided to Kiev since the escalation of conflict with Moscow in February 2022.
In a post on Facebook on Sunday, Salvini said that "we have heard Zelensky, who, after all the money, effort and aid he had received, still has the nerve to complain."
"My friend, you are losing the war, you are losing men, credibility and dignity: sign the PEACE agreement as soon as possible," he wrote.
According to Salvini, the choice that the Ukrainian leader currently faces is "between defeat and a complete rout."
On Friday, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called Zelensky's speech in Davos "not generous," considering the support which the EU has provided to Kiev.
Italian lawmaker Rossano Sasso from Salvini's Lega Nord (Northern League) party suggested last week that if the EU "truly wants... to help the Ukrainian people" if should stop funding Kiev and instead "ask Zelensky to accept peace."
Russian, US and Ukrainian delegations held two days of talks in Abu Dhabi, UAE earlier this week, using a trilateral arrangement for the first time since the conflict's escalation in 2022. Zelensky commented on the negotiations on Sunday by reiterating that "under no circumstances" will Ukraine agree to any territorial concessions.
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's stance is "that the territorial issue... is, of course, of fundamental importance for the Russian side."
He was referring to the People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk as well as the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, which officially joined the Russian state in the fall of 2022 as a result of referendums.
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Later in the day, Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev insisted that Zelensky's reluctance to give up land was delaying the peace process.
(RT.com)
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