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Related: About this forumZelenskiy: Ukraine won't accept deals reached behind our backs
MUNICH (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday Ukraine would never accept any peace deals reached behind its back or without Kyiv's involvement - an implicit message to U.S. President Donald Trump as he strives to end the war with Russia.
In a speech to the Munich Security Conference, Zelenskiy also called on Europe to create its own armed forces, urging the continent's leaders to decide their own future and saying Ukraine's armed forces alone were not enough for their security.
"Ukraine will never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement. And the same rule should apply to all of Europe," he said.
Zelenskiy spoke after Trump held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone this week, the first between U.S. and Russian leaders since Russia's February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and said he and Putin expected to meet in the future, probably in Saudi Arabia.
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claudette
(5,261 posts)He shouldnt accept it
yellow dahlia
(2,136 posts)when he negotiated w/ the Taliban and the Afghani govt was excluded. That manner of negotiation contributed to the debacle around the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
And the Abraham accords were conducted without involvement from the Palestinians. There are some who believe it fueled escalated hatred from Hamas, and also contributed to the actions on Oct. 7th.
Everything the grifter touches breaks.