US Vice President JD Vance met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference, where the Russia-Ukraine war dominated discussions. Vance emphasized the importance of NATO but stressed the need for increased burden-sharing in Europe. Meanwhile, a Russian drone strike damaged the shelter protecting the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, raising concerns about radiation risks.
• US Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the high-level Munich Security Conference in Germany today.near Ukraine’s border with Belarus, underscoring the crisis on the ground.
Emergency services said that the radiation background limits remain normal. • It’s been a week of major moves for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine, with President Donald Trump appearing to make key concessions to Putin. Trump has repeated his assertion that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was prompted by Kyiv’s ambitions to join NATO — a view thatUnited States Vice-President JD Vance, right, speaks during a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Friday.reiterated on Friday that NATO remains an important alliance for the United States, as the Munich Security Conference kicked off in Germany with the Russia-Ukraine war expected to be a focal point of discussions. “Europe is of course a very important ally to the United States, NATO is a very important military alliance … but we want to make sure NATO is actually built for the future, and part of that is ensuring that NATO does a little bit more burden-sharing in Europe so the United States can focus on some of our challenges in East Asia,” Vance said, speaking to reporters beside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.decades of American foreign policy in Europe, warning that the US will no longer prioritize European security and focus more on its own borders and battling China for dominance. “Of course we’re going to talk about NATO, particularly the president’s desire to see NATO spend a little bit more resources on defense,” Vance said. “We’re going to talk of course about the Ukraine-Russia conflict and how to bring it to a negotiated settlement, and I’m sure we’ll talk about some other areas of cooperation too.” Rutte thanked Vance for Washington’s past engagement with Europe, agreeing that the increased burden-sharing “has to be done.” He added that discussions about ending the Russia-Ukraine war had to consider how to establish lasting peace and strengthen Ukraine’s position before talks begin.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian drone struck the destroyed nuclear power plant at Chernobyl near Ukraine’s border with Belarus on Thursday night. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service later said that the radiation background limits remain within normal limits. “A Russian attack drone with a high-explosive warhead struck the shelter protecting the world from radiation at the destroyed 4th power unit” at the plant, Zelensky said on X. The concrete shelter that covers the unit was damaged, Zelensky added and a fire was extinguished. “Radiation levels have not increased and are being constantly monitored. According to initial assessments, the damage to the shelter is significant,” Zelensky said. The International Atomic Energy Agency said on X that shortly before 2 a.m. local time its team at the Chernobyl site “heard an explosion coming from the New Safe Confinement, which protects the remains of reactor 4 of the former Chernobyl NPP, causing a fire.”Unit 4 at Chernobyl exploded in 1986, sending extensive clouds of radioactivity across parts of the Soviet Union and Europe. It was later encased in a concrete and steel sarcophagus.Vice President JD Vance warned on Thursday that the United States could send troops to Ukraine and hit Russia with further sanctions if Vladimir Putin doesn’t negotiate a peace deal in good faith. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, Vance said the option of sending US troops to Ukraine was “on the table,” as well as economic punishment if a peace deal doesn’t guarantee Kyiv’s long-term independence. “There are economic tools of leverage, there are of course military tools of leverage” Vance told the newspaper. His comments strike a markedly different tone from other recent statements from the White House – including from US President Donald Trump whothat Ukraine “may be Russian someday,” shortly before announcing that peace negotiations would begin immediately after holding a phone call with Putin. Vance’s statement also contrasts with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has said the US would no longer prioritize European and Ukrainian security. This week, he told NATO allies that European and non-European troops – but not Americans – would have to police any agreement between Ukraine and Russia.
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