For\u00admer Link (clo\u00adsed now) \u2192 https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/feb\/15\/russia-ukraine-war-munich-security-conference-jd-vance-zelenskyy-putin-europe-latest-news-updates<\/p>\n
53m ago22.03 CET<\/span> Here\u2019s a wrap-up of the day\u2019s key events:<\/p>\n Fin\u00adnish pre\u00adsi\u00addent Alex\u00adan\u00adder Stubb told Reu\u00adters on Satur\u00adday that the US<\/span> had sent a que\u00adsti\u00adon\u00adn\u00adaire to Euro\u00adpean count\u00adries asking them what they could do to pro\u00advi\u00adde secu\u00adri\u00adty gua\u00adran\u00adtees for Euro\u00adpe. Spea\u00adking at the Munich Secu\u00adri\u00adty Con\u00adfe\u00adrence, Stubb said: \u201cThe Ame\u00adri\u00adcans have pro\u00advi\u00added Euro\u00adpeans with the que\u00adsti\u00adon\u00adn\u00adaire on what would be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n France is in dis\u00adcus\u00adsion with its allies over the idea of hol\u00adding an infor\u00admal sum\u00admit of Euro\u00adpean lea\u00adders to dis\u00adcuss Ukrai\u00adne, a French pre\u00adsi\u00adden\u00adcy offi\u00adci\u00adal said on Satur\u00adday, Reu\u00adters reports. Addi\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly, four Euro\u00adpean diplo\u00admats said the mee\u00adting was likely to go ahead on Mon\u00adday, Reu\u00adters added.<\/p>\n Donald Trump\u2019s admi\u00adni\u00adstra\u00adti\u00adon has pro\u00adpo\u00adsed to Ukrai\u00adne that the US<\/span> be given 50% of the war-torn country\u2019s rare earth mine\u00adrals, NBC<\/span> reports, citing four US<\/span> offi\u00adci\u00adals. Accor\u00adding to two of the offi\u00adci\u00adals, instead of paying for the mine\u00adrals, the agree\u00adment would be a way for Ukrai\u00adne to pay back the mul\u00adti-bil\u00adli\u00adon dol\u00adlar wea\u00adpons and aid packa\u00adges that the US<\/span> has pro\u00advi\u00added to it sin\u00adce Russia\u2019s inva\u00adsi\u00adon in 2022.<\/p>\n Ukrai\u00adni\u00adan pre\u00adsi\u00addent Volo\u00addym\u00adyr Zel\u00aden\u00adskyy said on Satur\u00adday that the rare earth mine\u00adral deal pro\u00adpo\u00adsed by the US<\/span> did not con\u00adtain secu\u00adri\u00adty pro\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adons which Ukrai\u00adne nee\u00added, Reu\u00adters reports. Upon being asked by repor\u00adters what the issue was with the US<\/span> docu\u00adment, Zel\u00aden\u00adskyy said on Satur\u00adday: \u201cIt\u2019s not in our inte\u00adrest today, not in the inte\u00adrest sove\u00adreign Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n Seni\u00ador offi\u00adci\u00adals from the US<\/span> and Rus\u00adsia are mee\u00adting next week in Sau\u00addi Ara\u00adbia to pave the way for a poten\u00adti\u00adal lea\u00adders\u2019 sum\u00admit as soon as the end of the month to dis\u00adcuss ending the war in Ukrai\u00adne, accor\u00adding to peo\u00adp\u00adle fami\u00adli\u00adar with the mat\u00adter, Reu\u00adters reports. On Satur\u00adday, Donald Trump\u2019s spe\u00adcial envoy for Ukrai\u00adne Keith Kellogg said that Euro\u00adpe will be con\u00adsul\u00adted \u2013 but ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly exclu\u00added \u2013 from peace talks bet\u00adween Rus\u00adsia, Ukrai\u00adne and the US<\/span>.<\/p>\n Ger\u00adman chan\u00adcell\u00ador Olaf Scholz has shot back stron\u00adgly in defence of his stance against the far-right and said his coun\u00adtry will not accept peo\u00adp\u00adle who \u201cinter\u00adve\u00adne in our demo\u00adcra\u00adcy,\u201d a day after US<\/span> vice-pre\u00adsi\u00addent JD<\/span> Van\u00adce scold\u00aded Euro\u00adpean lea\u00adders over their approach to demo\u00adcra\u00adcy. Scholz said:\u201cFree speech in Euro\u00adpe means that you are not attack\u00ading others in ways that are against legis\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon and laws we have in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n Scholz said on Satur\u00adday that the war bet\u00adween Ukrai\u00adne and Rus\u00adsia would only tru\u00adly end with peace if Ukrai\u00adni\u00adan sove\u00adreig\u00adn\u00adty is secu\u00adred. \u201cWe will also not accept any solu\u00adti\u00adon that leads to a decou\u00adpling of Euro\u00adpean and Ame\u00adri\u00adcan secu\u00adri\u00adty. Only one per\u00adson would bene\u00adfit from this: Pre\u00adsi\u00addent Putin,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The Ukrai\u00adni\u00adan pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Volo\u00addym\u00adyr Zel\u00aden\u00adskyy, told the Munich Secu\u00adri\u00adty Con\u00adfe\u00adrence on Satur\u00adday that the time has come for a Euro\u00adpean army to be crea\u00adted. \u201cOur army alo\u00adne is not enough, we need your sup\u00adport,\u201d he said, adding that the \u201cold days\u201d when the US<\/span> sup\u00adport\u00aded Euro\u00adpe \u201cjust becau\u00adse it always had\u201d are over. He also told lea\u00adders and offi\u00adci\u00adals that he would not take Nato mem\u00adber\u00adship for Ukrai\u00adne off the table and insi\u00adsted that no decis\u00adi\u00adons should be taken on ending Russia\u2019s war wit\u00adhout Kyiv and Europe.<\/p>\n UK<\/span> for\u00adeign mini\u00adster David Lam\u00admy said on Satur\u00adday he would encou\u00adra\u00adge US<\/span> pre\u00adsi\u00addent Donald Trump and Zel\u00aden\u00adskyy to deepen their part\u00adner\u00adship in the future. Spea\u00adking at the Munich Secu\u00adri\u00adty Con\u00adfe\u00adrence, Lam\u00admy said the best secu\u00adri\u00adty gua\u00adran\u00adtee for Ukrai\u00adne against future Rus\u00adsi\u00adan aggres\u00adsi\u00adon was bin\u00adding US<\/span> indu\u00adstry, busi\u00adness and defence capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty into its future.<\/p>\n Nato secre\u00adta\u00adry gene\u00adral Mark Rut\u00adte said on Satur\u00adday that \u201cRus\u00adsia is on a war eco\u00adno\u00admy. We are not,\u201d at the Munich Secu\u00adri\u00adty Con\u00adfe\u00adrence. Addi\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly, Rut\u00adte said Nato\u2019s mem\u00adbers would have to increa\u00adse defence spen\u00adding despi\u00adte dome\u00adstic poli\u00adti\u00adcal concerns.<\/p>\n Amid angry Euro\u00adpean reac\u00adtions to JD<\/span> Vance\u2019s com\u00adba\u00adti\u00adve speech in Munich, Switzerland\u2019s pre\u00adsi\u00addent said on Satur\u00adday she shared many of the \u201clibe\u00adral values\u201d he expres\u00adsed, see\u00ading the speech as a \u201cplea for direct demo\u00adcra\u00adcy\u201d. In an inter\u00adview with the Le Temps dai\u00adly published on Satur\u00adday, she said that \u201cin a cer\u00adtain sen\u00adse, (the speech) was very Swiss in its call to listen to the population\u201d.<\/p>\n Ger\u00adman con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve oppo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon lea\u00adder Fried\u00adrich Merz on Satur\u00adday joi\u00adn\u00aded his dome\u00adstic poli\u00adti\u00adcal rivals in con\u00addem\u00adning Vance\u2019s attack on Europe\u2019s stance toward hate speech and the far right. \u201cWe stick to the rules impo\u00adsed by our demo\u00adcra\u00adtic insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d Merz said in a panel dis\u00adcus\u00adsion at the Munich Secu\u00adri\u00adty Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For\u00admer Link (clo\u00adsed now) \u2192 https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/feb\/15\/russia-ukraine-war-munich-security-conference-jd-vance-zelenskyy-putin-europe-latest-news-updates 53m ago22.03 CET<\/span> Sum\u00adma\u00adry Here\u2019s a wrap-up of the day\u2019s key events: Fin\u00adnish pre\u00adsi\u00addent Alex\u00adan\u00adder Stubb told Reu\u00adters on Satur\u00adday that the US<\/span> had sent a que\u00adsti\u00adon\u00adn\u00adaire to Euro\u00adpean count\u00adries asking them what they could do to pro\u00advi\u00adde secu\u00adri\u00adty gua\u00adran\u00adtees for Euro\u00adpe. 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