Trump's shock statement that he wanted to begin talks with Putin to end the war stunned Ukraine and European allies, several of whom questioned his strategy and warned Washington not to hatch a deal without them.
BRUSSELS - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday warned against trusting Vladimir Putin, as US President Donald Trump insisted that he believed the Russian leader"wants peace".
Zelensky - who is to meet US Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference on Friday - said it was"not very pleasant" that Trump called Putin before speaking to him. The US president said he expected to meet the Russian leader in Saudi Arabia"in the not-too-distant future" - sparking fears Kyiv would be frozen out of discussions.
Hegseth said Europe must now start providing the"overwhelming share" of aid to Ukraine and that the United States would not deploy troops in any deal. Zelensky's meeting with Vance in Munich will be the latest in a flurry of high-level European encounters for top Trump officials. Trump suggested he would"love" to welcome Russia back into the G7 from which it was suspended in 2014 after Moscow annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula.Kyiv's European backers fear Trump could force Ukraine into a peace deal that will leave them facing an emboldened Putin - while paying the lion's share of costs for post-war security.
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