Ukraine recap: possibility of imminent Russian offensive focuses minds on Kyiv's weapons shortages

By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor

As you’d expect, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has been working the room at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. After a disappointing end to 2023 on the battlefield, with signs of battle fatigue among some of his key allies, Zelensky will be aware of the need to press his country’s case to so many world leaders. An estimated 60 heads of state and government are thought to have made the trip to Switzerland for this global forum, more than in previous years.

It was preceded by a meeting of more than 90 national security advisers, for whom a key agenda item was coming…

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