Ukraine President Volodimir Zelinski said on Saturday that it was time to create “armed forces in Europe” because the United States has no longer dependent on Europe’s support.
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Schools retreated to the Americans due to the interference in his country’s elections after US Vance Vanced to European leaders about their approach to democracy and met with the leader of a right -wing German party.
Strong speeches from Zelenskyy and Scholz on the second day of the Munich Security Conference confirmed the impact of a snowstorm from the decisions taken by US President Donald Trump, which shows a rapid growth roll in via Atlantic relationships.
European leaders are reeling after Trump’s decision to raise years of American policy by holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the hope of ending the war of Russia, Ukraine. On Saturday, Trump’s private envoy to Ukraine and Russia ruled out that the Europeans would be included in any Ukraine peace talks.
Zelinski said that his desire to obtain his desire in Europe is more muscular and more muscular, he said that the battle of Ukraine for three years against Russia has proven a basis for the creation of a European army-an idea that has been long discussed among some continental leaders.
He said, “I really think it is time.” “The armed forces must be created in Europe.”
Zelinski hinted at a telephone conversation between Trump and Putin this week, after which Trump said it is likely that Putin will meet soon to negotiate a peace agreement on Ukraine-secession from the most difficult Biden administration line against Moscow for Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Trump later Zelenskyy confirmed that, too, he will have a seat on the table to end the war. The Ukrainian leader insisted that Europe should also have one.
“Ukraine will never accept the deals that were made behind our backs without our participation, and the same rule must apply to all of Europe,” Zelinski said, adding that “Trump did not mention that America needs Europe on the table.”
“This says a lot,” he said. “The old days ended when America supported Europe just because it was always.”
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“Now, while we are fighting this war and laying the foundation for peace and security, we must build the armed forces in Europe, Zelinski said.
Zelinski said that his idea was not about replacing NATO. “This relates to Europe’s contribution to our partnership, equal to America,” he said.
It is not clear whether the idea will continue with European leaders. Zelenskyy has sought more military and economic support than the European Union for years and has repeatedly warned that other parts of Europe could be vulnerable to the expansionist aspirations of Russia as well.
While the bloc – alongside the United States – was one of the most powerful supporters of Kiev, the pockets of the political dispute in the European Union because of its approach to Moscow and economic facts, including the national debt levels that have risen in defensive spending. Supports.
The Europeans may be excluded from the Ukrainian peace talks
European leaders are trying to understand a new, difficult line from Washington on issues, including democracy and the future of Ukraine, as the Trump administration continues to raise the via Atlantic conferences that have existed since then after the Second World War.
General Keith Keel, Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, all cut Europeans from any Ukraine talks, Russia, despite Zelinsky’s call to Europe to participate.
“You can have Ukrainians, Russians and Americans on the table talking,” said Kelj. He said: “Pressure on whether this means that the Europeans will not be included,” I am a realistic school. I think this will not happen. “
He said: “We need to guarantee Ukrainian sovereignty” before adding: “The European Alliance … will be very important to this.”
When asked about what Trump would tell whether he was at the conference, Radoso Sikorsky, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, said he would mention Trump that the United States has pledged to stand with Ukraine as long as it takes its independence.
“The US credibility depends on how this war ends – not only the Trump administration (but) the United States itself,” Sikorsky warned.
Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s Secretary of State, described the new American position as the “moment of truth” that requires European leaders to overcome their differences and monotheism for a meaningful peace in Ukraine.
This is an existential moment. It is a moment when Europe should stand. ”There will be no permanent peace if it is not a European peace.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister in Iceland expressed Krustistan Frostadtter, regretting the lack of clarity from Washington.
“People are still not sure than the United States wants to do. I think it would be good if we get out of this conference if they have a clear picture of it.”
The German advisor strikes in Vans
Earlier, Schouls said he was “pleased” to what he called a joint commitment to the United States to “preserve the sovereign independence of Ukraine”, and agreed with Trump to end the war of Russia and the Krin.
But Schulles also condemned the new political path from Washington, confirming his strong position against the extreme right and said that his country will not accept people who “interfere in our democracy.”
One day before that, Vans contracted European leaders at the conference and suggested freedom of expression “in retreat” across the continent. He said that many Americans saw in Europe “firm interests hiding behind words during the ugly Soviet era, such as wrong and misleading information.”
Vans said that no democracy can escape millions of voters that their concerns are “not valid or not even deserved to consider it.” He also met with the co -commander of the far -right alternative to the Germany Party (AFD), which leads in second place before the Social Democrats in Schulz before the February 23 elections in Germany.
In reference to the Nazi past in Germany, Schulz said the old commitment “never again” – a return to the extreme right – was not a settlement with AFD support.
He said: “We will not accept that people who look at Germany from abroad interfere in our democracy and elections and in the process of forming a democratic opinion in the interest of this party.” “It was not done, and certainly not between friends and allies. We reject this firmly.”
“Our democracy goes from here to make a decision,” Schools added.
