Zelensky launches attack on Europe's leaders & Trump predicts Ukraine war will end ‘soon’
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
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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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Learn more about the book ‘The Mindful Soldier’:
https://geni.us/MindfulSoldier
The Gurkha Welfare Trust:
Royal British Veterans Enterprise:
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):
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):
Garda and army teams probe suspicious package found at Trump Doonbeg after visit by Eric Trump (The Journal):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.5 | I'm Domnickles and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.9 | Today, as President Zelensky meets Donald Trump in Davos, we look back at the US President's speech yesterday. |
| 0:18.7 | We examine a report on the energy crisis in Ukraine that's currently doing the rounds on Capitol Hill, |
| 0:23.7 | and we hear from our man in Greenland. |
| 0:25.6 | And later, we have an interview with Soldier-turned-author who's released a book about resilience, |
| 0:30.5 | compassion, and how we can all help ourselves and others through these testing times. |
| 0:35.6 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships |
| 0:41.3 | to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:45.3 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 0:47.1 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 0:50.6 | also our freedom and our European |
| 0:55.0 | Writers. |
| 0:56.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:00.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:05.0 | We can't, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:09.0 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. Where Ukraine is Thursday, the 22nd of January, three years and 334 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:22.5 | And today I'm joined by co-host of our sister podcast Battlerlines, Venetia Rainey, at Berlin correspondent James Rothwell in Greenland, |
| 1:29.9 | and former British Army officer Ash Alexander Cooper, |
| 1:33.0 | who's written a book dealing how to tackle with trauma, |
| 1:35.6 | build resilience and run a marathon in a COVID lockdown hotel room. |
| 1:40.6 | President Zelensky arrived in Davos this morning |
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