JD Vance and Volodymyr Zelensky to Attend Munich Security Conference in Germany
The Munich summit is a regular forum for global international security discussions which has taken on new significance amid the Ukraine war.

The Munich summit is a regular forum for global international security discussions which has taken on new significance amid the Ukraine war.
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he wants Ukraine to trade “rare earths and other things” for continued American military and financial support.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his country has only received around $76 billion in aid from the United States despite America authorising around $175 billion to support the war-torn country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be “very dangerous” and asked for more discussions between Kyiv and Washington to develop a plan for a ceasefire.
There are reportedly concerns that putting too many troops in Ukraine would leave Europe’s northeast border with Russia perilously unguarded.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told an Italian newspaper last weekend that it was “absolutely stupid, illogical, and very irresponsible” for the leaders of his country to give up their nuclear weapons in the 1990s.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement on Sunday in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would like to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin “immediately” to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war. Putin responded on Friday that the Ukraine war might have been avoided if the 2020 U.S. presidential election had not been “stolen” from Trump.
Talk about sending peacekeepers to Ukraine’s front lines welcome but won’t work without American boots on the ground, Zelensky says at Davos.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday that “Europe needs to learn how to fully take care of itself” and “spend as much on security as is truly needed,” instead of expecting the United States to protect it for free.
Russia says it welcomes dialogue with America over the Ukraine War, while President Trump warns Vladimir Putin isn’t “doing so well”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered some of the most effusive praise for President Donald Trump on the occasion of his inauguration on Monday – a stark contrast to his apparent support for former election rivals Joe Biden and Kamala Harris during the 2024 campaign.
Heads of state around the world, from countries both friendly and adversarial to the United States, sent their congratulations to President Donald Trump on the occasion of his return to the White House on Monday, wishing him well during his second term in office.
UK says it will hand over a rapidly and secretly developed launcher which repurposes stocks of surplus air-to-air missiles to a ground role.
British PM Starmer spoke of “unbreakable bond” as he made an unannounced visit to Kyiv to sign surprise 100-year military treaty with Kyiv.
Ukrainian President says he again discussed deploying Western troops to face down future Russian aggression in a call with Macron
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday ordered Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko to prepare a plan for assisting the hapless governments of California and Los Angeles with controlling deadly wildfires.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky published a video on social media on Sunday of two men Ukraine claims are North Korean soldiers captured on the front lines of the Russian invasion, allegedly fighting without having been told they were going to war.
Donald Trump can’t see the “bigger picture”, a top Eurocrat says, as Zelensky calls for Western troops to “force Russia into peace”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lamented the hesitation on the part of outgoing President Joe Biden to preventatively sanction Russia before the 2022 full-scale invasion of his country in an interview published on Sunday, describing threats to sanction Moscow only after an invasion “bullshit.”
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday urged Ukraine to have “realistic” expectations on territory as its fight against the Russian invasion heads into a fourth year, saying he saw no “quick and easy solution” to the conflict.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will again call on allies to boost its air defenses at this week’s meeting in Germany, as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes over later this month with a vow to end the almost three-year war quickly.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed interest on Thursday in growing ties with Syria following the collapse of the Russia-friendly regime of deposed dictator Bashar Assad, stating that Kyiv would “support all efforts to stabilize” the country.
President-elect Donald Trump is “capable of stopping” Russian President Vladimir Putin and he will be a driving force delivering an expeditious outcome to the war in Eastern Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday in a domestic television interview.
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said on Friday that an injured North Korean soldier, captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting for Russia in Kursk, has succumbed to his wounds.
Zelensky decried Russia’s massive airstrike against power infrastructure, accusing them of trying to cause a Christmas Day power cut.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has developed a habit of biting the hand that feeds, the NATO Secretary General cautions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at any time he revealed Thursday during a lengthy year-end press conference.
French President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly leading efforts to deploy a European force of up to 100,000 troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers in the event of ceasefire deal brokered by incoming President Donald Trump.
Two Russian oil tankers were wrecked in the Kerch Strait over the weekend, coating almost 40 miles of Black Sea coastline in heavy fuel oil.
An unnamed American official reportedly told the British newspaper the Guardian on Tuesday that communist North Korea has documented hundreds of casualties in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence agency on Saturday claimed North Korean mercenaries accidentally killed eight of their Russian partners in a “friendly fire” attack because of the “language barrier” between soldiers from the two countries.
Praised President Trump for his determination, paying the compliments while also reiterating his calls for the world to unify behind Kyiv.
The United States confirmed Tuesday it has granted $20 billion in funds for Ukraine backed by proceeds earned on frozen Russian assets. The cash is part of a $50 billion G7 support package and comes 40 days before President Joe Biden departs the White House.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that he’s open to the potential deployment of Western troops in Ukraine to guarantee the country´s security as part of a broad effort to end the almost three-year war with Russia.
The Department of Defense (DOD) has announced another nearly $1 billion in a new “assistance package” for Ukraine, bringing the total military aid provided by the U.S. to more than $62 billion since Russia’s February 2022 invasion.
President-elect Donald Trump has called for an “immediate ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine so that peace negotiations can begin, arguing that all sides would benefit from an end to the war.
President-elect Donald Trump was greeted by world leaders who were attending the re-opening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, years after a fire broke out at the cathedral.
President-Elect Donald J. Trump joined dozens of world leaders and dignitaries on Saturday for the grand reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, five years after the famed Gothic cathedral was tragically ravaged by fire.
Nature abhors a vacuum. So does politics. No sooner had President-elect Donald Trump been confirmed as the next occupant of the White House than beleaguered French President Emmanuel Macron sought to invite him to Saturday’s reopening of the magnificently restored Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.