Ukraine’s Global Outreach Hits Wall as Summit Goals Fall Short
- Zelenskiy confronts limits as key delegates opt out of text
- Lack of support shows Global South takes different view
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy is returning to Kyiv with €50 billion ($53.5 billion) in aid, fresh security guarantees from the US and commitments to help rebuild energy infrastructure for a country battered by more than two years of war.
But the Ukrainian president’s foray to a Swiss mountaintop, where he gathered more than 100 countries and organizations, fell short in his bid to broaden international support. India, Brazil and South Africa, which sent delegates, opted out of signing the summit document. China had made clear it would have no part in it.