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January 19, 2023

At World Economic Forum, Ukraine's President Appeals for Tanks
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In Ukraine, the Russian mercenary firm Wagner Group is claiming its
fighters have captured a strategic village outside of Bakhmut. The city
in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region has been nearly decimated by weeks
of intense fighting.

On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodyrmyr Zelensky appealed to allies
to speed the delivery of tanks and other heavy weaponry to Ukraine.
Zelensky spoke by video link to government, military and corporate
leaders assembled at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

President Volodymyr Zelensky: "The supplies of Western tanks must
outpace another invasion of Russian tanks. The restoration of security
and peace in Ukraine must outpace Russia's attacks on security and peace
in other countries."



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