Zelensky's New Year's warning to the West on Putin

Volodymyr Zelensky issued a warning to the West about its support for Ukraine as his country's military continues defending itself against a Russian invasion heading into 2024.

The Ukrainian president warned that his country's Western allies shifting focus away from providing financial support to Kyiv could result in dire consequences at home, in an interview published in The Economist.

His remarks come nearly two years after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the "special military operation" of Ukraine on February 22, 2022. Much of the world views the invasion as an attempt to seize Ukrainian territory that lacks justification, though Putin has offered explanations including the need to "liberate" eastern Ukrainian territories and to "de-Nazify" the Ukrainian government, though Zelensky himself is Jewish.