Ukraine-Russia war latest: US and Russian officials to meet in Munich as Zelensky gives Ukraine peace talks warning
Russian and US officials are set to meet in Munich on Friday, with Ukraine also invited to participate, Donald Trump has said.
“They’re having a meeting in Munich tomorrow. Russia’s going to be there with our people,” the US president told reporters at the White House.
“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.”
US Vice President JD Vance and Zelensky are also due to sit down on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday to discuss efforts to end the war.
The US president has hailed the “great talks” he had with both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, and said discussions to end the war in Ukraine would begin “immediately”.
But Zelensky warned world leaders not to trust “Putin’s claims of readiness to end the war and his announcement caused concern in Europe that a deal could be done over their heads.
