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Zelensky calls for speed from allies in helping Ukraine

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged his Western allies to take quicker decisions to help his war-struck country on Wednesday, warning that "tyranny is outpacing democracies". In an address to the World Economic Forum in Davos by videolink, the Ukrainian leader issued a "call for speed" in a barely veiled reference to hesitations in Germany about whether to supply heavy Leopard tanks to the country. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert tells us more.

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