US to facilitate talks between Russia, Ukraine in Saudi Arabia

Maybe there is something (on) the table, but not on our table. I didn't see any invitations ... (for) Ukraine to meet with some other envoys."

When asked about the planned meeting between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia, Zelenskyy — in Germany for the Munich Security Conference — told reporters

The answer to that last question (regarding Europeans), just as you framed it, the answer is no."

Asked if he could assure the audience that Ukrainians

And to my European friends, I would say, get into the debate, not by complaining that you might, yes or no, be at the table, but by coming up with concrete proposals, ideas, ramp up (defence) spending,

he said in Munich

The Americans are approaching European capitals and asking how many soldiers they are ready to deploy,

one diplomat said

There's no way in which we can have discussions or negotiations about Ukraine, Ukraine's future or European security structure, without Europeans,

Finland's President Alexander Stubb told the same security conference in Munich

There is a European military force called NATO."

A senior official from an eastern member state of the European Union responded skeptically to Zelenskyy's proposal for a European army, saying

Russia is really a petrostate,

he said,

We are all very carefully following the signals of President Trump and his closest aides on Ukraine, and the analysis that we are having is that we would like to understand it a little bit more,

Plenković said

If Trump is negotiating with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin about Europe, then it is impossible to talk about Europe without us,

Estonian foreign minister Margus Tsahkna said

We feel like Ukraine has to be at the table, and Europe does, too,

she said

There was a lot of people at the table that really had no ability to execute some kind of peace process and failed miserably. We're not going to go down that path."

He added

A sham peace—over the heads of Ukrainians and Europeans—would gain nothing,

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in a statement on Friday

The problem is we don't know much still,

Goncharenko added

Peace and negotiations without European participation will be completely politically unacceptable,

Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said while sat just meters from Kellogg

They can talk about it, but they cannot agree anything,

he told Newsweek, but caveated

A few days ago, President Trump told me about his conversation with Putin,

Zelensky said on stage in Munich on Saturday

Let's be honest - now we can't rule out the possibility that America might say no to Europe on issues that threaten it,

Zelenskyy said

In my opinion, it does not protect us. It is not ready to protect us, our interests,

Zelenskyy told journalists on the sidelines of the Munich conference

Ukraine will never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement,

Zelenskyy said in a speech

As far as the negotiation, it’s too early to say what’s going to happen. Maybe Russia will give up a lot, maybe they won’t, and it’s all dependent on what is going to happen,

Trump said during a news conference alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi