Ukraine has intelligence that Russia plans to send troops to its ally Belarus this summer under the pretense of training exercises, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the creation of a European army to boost the continent's defenses as he warned that Russia was "not preparing for dialogue" to advance possible credible peace talks.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president, during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday called for the creation of a European army to boost the continent's defenses as he warned that Russia was "not preparing for dialogue" to advance possible credible peace talks.
"This is not a country that wants peace," Zelenskyy said of Russia. "It is not preparing for dialogue." He also told the conference earlier in the day that Ukraine would need to double the size of its army if it was unable to join NATO. However, he also pointed to the possible creation of a new NATO within Ukraine. Such a military defense, he said, would run the eastern borders of Ukraine, Belarus, Finland and the Baltic states.
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