Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will not take NATO membership for Ukraine off the table. However, “right now the most influential member of NATO seems to be Putin because he seems able to block NATO decisions,” he said.
The United States is demanding detailed proposals from Europe an countries on how they plan to support Ukraine throughout peace negotiations and after the war with Russia .
“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 spending,” Kellogg said during a meeting at the Munich Security Conference,Unemployed man admits to killing girl, 11, because he was angry about 'Fortnite' loss: report
“But this means that Europe needs to get its act together,” he added. “Europe needs to talk less and do more.”“That says a lot,” Zelensky said in a speech Saturday in Munich. “The old days are over — when America supported Europe just because it always had.”
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