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Let's be honest - now we can't rule out the possibility that America might say no to Europe on issues that threaten it,
said Zelenskyy, speaking as the war triggered by Russia's invasion of his country is set to enter its fourth year The Americans are approaching European capitals and asking how many soldiers they are ready to deploy,
The answer to that last question (regarding Europeans), just as you framed it, the answer is no."
Asked if he could assure the audience that Ukrainians And to my European friends, I would say, get into the debate, not by complaining that you might, yes or no, be at the table, but by coming up with concrete proposals, ideas, ramp up (defence) spending,
There is a European military force called NATO."
A senior official from an eastern member state of the European Union responded skeptically to Zelenskyy's proposal for a European army, saying There's no way in which we can have discussions or negotiations about Ukraine, Ukraine's future or European security structure, without Europeans,
Finland's President Alexander Stubb told the same security conference in Munich Russia is really a petrostate,
We are all very carefully following the signals of President Trump and his closest aides on Ukraine, and the analysis that we are having is that we would like to understand it a little bit more,
If Trump is negotiating with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin about Europe, then it is impossible to talk about Europe without us,
Estonian foreign minister Margus Tsahkna said A sham peace—over the heads of Ukrainians and Europeans—would gain nothing,
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in a statement on Friday The problem is we don't know much still,
Peace and negotiations without European participation will be completely politically unacceptable,
Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said while sat just meters from Kellogg They can talk about it, but they cannot agree anything,
he told Newsweek, but caveated Europe should be at the table,
Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Goncharenko told Newsweek I think that's not going to happen."
When asked whether European countries would have a seat at the negotiating table when discussing a deal to end the war in Ukraine, Kellogg responded A few days ago, President Trump told me about his conversation with Putin,
Zelensky said on stage in Munich on Saturday There was a lot of people at the table that really had no ability to execute some kind of peace process and failed miserably. We're not going to go down that path."
This is about Russia, but this is also about Europe,
There is only one plan, which is Zelensky's peace plan,
If Europeans want to have a say, make yourself relevant,
Rutte told journalists at a gathering of top policymakers in Munich