Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany on Friday, February 14, 2025.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the creation of European troops to promote the defense of the mainland as he warned Russia that “is not ready for dialogue” to promote possible reliable peace negotiations.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine had intelligence and Russia plans to send troops to its ally Belarus this summer in the disguise of training exercises, but warned it posed a direct threat to NATO countries.
“We must build the armed forces of Europe so that the future of Europe depends only on the Europeans,” Zelensky said at the Munich security conference in Germany.
He added: “Putin clearly believes that Belarus is just another Russian province right now.”
The Ukrainian president met with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday to discuss rising hopes for the Russian-Ukrainian peace deal, but noted that his country hopes to demand “safety assurance” before any negotiations with Russia.
“This is not a country that wants peace,” Zelensky said of Russia. “This is not prepared for a dialogue.”
Zelenskyy on Friday Tell NBC News Ukraine will be “very, very, very, very difficult” without the support of the United States, both in the future Russian invasion.
He also told the meeting earlier in the day that Ukraine would need to double the size of its army if it could not join NATO.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that U.S. troops will not be stationed in Ukraine to prevent further Russian aggression. Instead, he suggested that Washington and Kiev would reach an economic agreement focusing on the latter’s large amount of key minerals to provide post-war security shields to embattled countries.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Second R) and Ukrainian President Voldimir Zelensky (L) met on February 14, 2025 at the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Second R) and Ukraine’s Vice President, in particular.
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Global defense and security officials gathered in Munich, Germany for a three-day meeting, the future of Ukraine, peace negotiations with Russia and the reshaping of European security and defense buildings is At the forefront of the discussion.
The prospect of a week’s peace deal was restored after President Trump called with Russian President Vladimir Putin and later Zelenskyy. After initially showing a possible bilateral deal between Washington and Moscow, Trump later said that Ukraine’s Zelenskyy would be involved with “many others.”
Still, U.S. officials poured cold water on several hard lines in Zelenskyy to reach a deal, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that NATO membership and restoration of Ukraine Ukraine before 2014 Boundaries are unrealistic results.
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