Munich Security Conference head denies Russian involvement in talks on Ukraine

The Vice President didn’t make any threats. He simply stated the fact that no one is going to take options away from President Trump as these negotiations begin,

communications director William Martin wrote on social platform X

NATO is a very important military alliance, of course, that we're the most significant part of,

Vance told Rutte

I think we're not sufficiently grasping the extent to which our world is changing. Both our competitors and our allies are busy accelerating,

Haddad told broadcaster France Info on Thursday

The Ukraine war has to end,

Trump told reporters Thursday

I don't see any way that a country in Russia's position could allow ... them to join NATO,

Trump said Thursday

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

We cannot accept it, as an independent country, any agreements (made) without us,

Zelenskyy said as he visited a nuclear power plant in western Ukraine

I will not meet with Russians but then I will not meet with Americans there,

he said of the visits

There are any number of formulations, of configurations, but we do care about Ukraine having sovereign independence,

he said

Companies have directed about $80 million to members of the Trump family and the Trump presidential library so far,

WSJ’s Rebecca Ballhaus, Dana Mattioli and Annie Linskey report, noting

Emmanuel Macronfrench President

Trump’s designs on Gaza and Greenland were examples of the ‘extreme strategic uncertainty’ the world was now living in,

French President Emmanuel Macron tells the FT

Then, when Justice Department officials transferred the case to the public integrity section in Washington, which oversees corruption prosecutions, the two men who led that unit also resigned” … and then, “hours later, three other lawyers in the unit also resigned,

the quad-bylined reporting team writes

In Alaska, it’s Denali,

Murkowski said

Elon Muskbillionaire

I think we do need to delete entire agencies as opposed to leave a lot of them behind,

What he said ... Musk said during a video call to the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

I’m going to make it worthwhile for China to do it,

Trump said

Rosa DeLauromember

They’ll have to pass it,

But DeLauro doesn’t seem keen to help there ... DeLauro said of Republicans

Kaja KallaseU foreign affairs chief

Any quick fix is a dirty deal."

EU foreign policy boss Kaja Kallas said

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

Radiation levels have not increased and are being constantly monitored. According to initial assessments, the damage to the shelter is significant,

Zelensky said

They were informed that a UAV [drone] had struck the NSC roof,

the IAEA added

This is not just about Ukraine. Ukraine is central to European security, but this is about the very concept of American engagement in Europe — what kind of an ally it chooses to be in the future,

Küfner said

For many years the Europeans have been told, [by] president after president, that they will have to take charge of their own security,

DW's Chief Political Editor Michaela Küfner said