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We will have (a) low, low chance to survive without (the) support of the United States,
Zelenskyy said in a clip from an NBC interview, which will be aired in full on Sunday I had a good meeting with U.S. Vice President J DVance. I am grateful to him and his entire team for the discussion, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy General Keith Kellogg also taking part."
After meeting Vance at the Munich Security Conference, Zelensky took to X (formerly Twitter) and said Our teams will continue to work on the document. We addressed many key issues and look forward to welcoming General Kellogg to Ukraine for further meetings and a deeper assessment of the situation on the ground."
The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia; it's not China."
Vance lectured Europeans at the conference, telling them We are going to have all this money in there, and I say I want it back. And I told them that I want the equivalent, like $500 billion worth of rare earth,
the president recently told Fox News While the Trump administration is very concerned with European security, and believes that we can come to a reasonable settlement between Russia and Ukraine, we also believe that it's important in the coming years for Europe to step up in a big way to provide for its own defense,
Really, what we need is to speak more, to work more and to prepare the plan of how to stop Putin and finish the war,
What I worry about is the threat from within, the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States of America,
I believe deeply that there is not security if you're afraid of the voices and opinions that guide your people, ... if you're running in fear from your own voters, there is nothing America can do for you."
We really want this very much, but we need real security guarantees, and we will continue our meetings and our work, and we will be very happy to see General Kellogg also in Ukraine."
Any quick fix is a dirty deal."
EU foreign policy boss Kaja Kallas said God bless, we will stop this crazy guy."
The Ukrainian leader added It's just a large group. And I'm not sure this group will move towards Ukraine,
His signals were strong, we are grateful for that."
Zelensky said of Vance's comments Ukraine is also invited, by the way, not sure exactly who's going to be there from any country - but high-level people from Russia, from Ukraine and from the United States."
We want to achieve a durable, lasting peace — not the kind of peace that's going to have Eastern Europe in conflict just a couple years down the road,
Vance said as the meeting wrapped up We are ready to move as quickly as possible towards a real and guaranteed peace,
Zelenskyy later posted on X, ... adding that Only in this case I'm ready to meet,
Zelensky told the Munich Security Conference before seeing Vance I believe that by working together, we can deliver that just and lasting peace,
