Ukraine’s first lady pleads for global help to stop Russia during Davos speech

Olena Zelenska delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum (Markus Schreiber/AP)

Ukraine’s first lady has called for international action to end Russian aggression during a rare international address at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in the Swiss town of Davos.

As the anniversary of the war in Ukraine nears, Olena Zelenska said parents are in tears watching doctors trying to save their children, farmers are afraid to go back to their fields filled with explosive mines, and that “we cannot allow a new Chernobyl to happen”.