Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday (February 15) 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, Reuters reports.
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," he said.
To Europe's leaders, Zelenskiy issued warnings, asking rhetorically whether their armies would be ready if Moscow launched an open or "false-flag" attack. The latter is designed to look like it was perpetrated by someone other the group responsible for it.
