The time the free world uses to think is used by the terrorist state to kill, said the President of Ukraine in his address at “Restoring Security and Peace” session during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.

“Russia needed less than one second to start the war. The world needed days to react with first sanctions.

The time the free world uses to think is used by the terrorist state to kill.

Ukraine and its allies have been resisting it for almost a year. This period proved all our prompt actions brought positive results: the opening of European borders for Ukrainians; the grain deal; the energy unity. Together they saved millions of lives, not only in Ukraine.

It is not only Ukraine – but the whole world needs exactly this pace of decisions and actions.

The world was hesitant in 2014 when Russia without hesitation occupied Crimea. The world was hesitant in 2022 when Russia without hesitation made the war full-scale. The world must not hesitate today and ever.

When the evil seeks revanche, the world needs resolve and speed. Russia is exporting terror. Russia is spreading the strain of war across the world. Ukraine offers the world a Peace formula. Please. Ten steps that the world must make faster than Russia makes its new moves.

Mobilization of the world must outpace the next military mobilization of our joint enemy.

The supplying of Ukraine with air defense systems must outpace Russia’s next missile attacks. The supplies of Western tanks must outpace another invasion of Russian tanks. The restoration of security and peace in Ukraine must outpace Russia’s attack on security and peace in other countries. A tribunal for military crimes must prevent new ones.

The expansion of NATO and the EU must outgo the spread of Russian aggression. We routinely defend values which some of the allies take for granted – as a fact of life.

For us, the fact of life is the world in need of resolute and prompt steps”, - said Volodymyr Zelensky.