Zelensky launches attack on Europe's leaders & Trump predicts Ukraine war will end ‘soon’

Zelensky launches attack on Europe's leaders & Trump predicts Ukraine war will end ‘soon’

Author: The Telegraph January 22, 2026 Duration: 57:28

Day 1,428.

Today, as President Zelensky savages Europe’s leaders at Davos, especially for blocking the use of frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine, we assess President Trump’s apparent retreat from his threat of tariffs against NATO allies after agreeing what he called a “framework for a future deal” over Greenland. We hear reaction from the island itself, before speaking to the author of a new book on building mental resilience – an antidote to these stressful times.


Contributors

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Venetia Rainey (Co-host Battle Lines podcast). @venetiarainey on X.

James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.

With thanks to Ash Alexander-Cooper OBE (former British army officer and author). @ashalexcooper on X.


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Learn more about the book ‘The Mindful Soldier’:

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The Gurkha Welfare Trust:

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Royal British Veterans Enterprise:

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Trump meets Zelensky for Davos peace talks (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/22/trump-davos-greenland-board-of-peace/ 


Putin’s zombie missiles pose €80m dilemma for Ukraine (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/21/putin-zombie-missiles-80m-dilemma-kyiv/


Starmer’s national security chief warns Witkoff that Putin will not compromise (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/22/starmers-national-security-chief-witkoff-putin-compromise/ 


Rutte confronts Trump over dead Nato soldiers (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/22/rutte-confronts-trump-over-dead-nato-soldiers/ 


Ukraine Expands SAR Collaboration With Iceye (Satellite Today):

https://www.satellitetoday.com/imagery-and-sensing/2026/01/20/ukraine-expands-sar-collaboration-with-iceye/


Garda and army teams probe suspicious package found at Trump Doonbeg after visit by Eric Trump (The Journal):

https://www.thejournal.ie/suspicious-package-doonbeg-clare-donald-trump-6934044-Jan2026/?utm_source=twitter_short


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