Poland's foreign minister said Putin used to criticize the Soviet approach that helped bankrupt it, but now he's repeating the mistake.

Before the Davos crowd, President Trump signaled a shift in tone, calling for an end to the war in Ukraine and placing the onus on Russia to come to the table.

By Ben Aris in Berlin US President Donald Trump said that he wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin 'as soon as possible' to broker an end to the war in Ukraine, when speaking to delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos by video link on January 23.

World leaders and business executives left the Swiss mountain resort of Davos after a week of discussions dominated from a distance by Donald Trump's return as U.S. President.

A victory for Putin means, in due time, a re-charting of the entire map of Europe, to suit his vision of a Russian empire that never lost the Cold War. The only way to end the war in Ukraine is to ensure that Russia loses and that Ukraine wins.

The US president says he has good relationships with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin, but analysts say negotiating an end to the conflict is going to take much more than that.

Kiev's allies must act in such a way that Russian President Vladimir Putin begs them for peace talks. This was stated at the World Economic Forum in Davos by Polish President Andrzej Duda.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as possible to secure an end to the war with Ukraine and expressed a desire to work towards cutting nuclear arms.

He wasn’t here in person, but The Donald dominated every conversation — and not always in a bad way, even given his America First agenda.

I would say they are pragmatic and trusting relations. I can’t help but agree with him that if his victory had not been stolen in 2022, then maybe there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that arose in 2022.

Kremlin propagandists have said Moscow could benefit from the new Donald Trump administration and added that the U.S. president's talk of tariffs and what he could do to end the war in Ukraine was bluster.

Poland's president has said that gas flows from Russia to Western Europe should never be restored, even if Russia and Ukraine reach a peace deal. Andrzej Duda told the BBC that the Nord Stream gas pipelines, which have not been used since 2022, "should be dismantled".