The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, speaks during the 61st Munich security conference on February 14, 2025 in Munich, Germany. International defense and security leaders around the world are gathering for the conference from February 14 to 16.
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The fact of not ensuring a “just and lasting peace” for Ukraine would weaken not only Europe but also the United States, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, warned on Friday, while the prospects Russia-Ukraine peace agreement intensifies.
Von Der Leyen said authoritarian states closely monitored the progress of the United States negotiations to end the conflict of almost three years, and what concessions can be made to Russia despite his neighbor’s invasion.
“A failed Ukraine would weaken Europe, but that would also weaken the United States,” said Von Der Leyen at the Munich Security Conference. “This would intensify the challenges of Indo-Pacific and threaten our common interests.”
“They look at us very carefully, what actions we choose to take, and that is why it is so important that we are correct,” she continued.
President Donald Trump deposited the Peace prospects for talks After separate telephone calls with the Russian president Vladimir Putin And later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Writing shortly after calls in an article on his social media platform Truth Social, President Trump reiterated his pre-electoral commitment to end the bloodshed in Ukraine and said he was determined to obtain A “positive” result for both parties.
However, Ukrainian and European Union officials have since expressed their concern in the face of suggestions, especially those of the defense secretary Pete Hegseth, that NATO membership and the reintegration of pre-2014 borders of the Ukraine – The main stipulations of a Kiev agreement – were both unrealistic results.
President Trump also shaken Western allies by suggesting that Washington could conclude a bilateral agreement with Moscow. However, he noted Thursday that kyiv and “many other people” would be at the negotiating table.
Von der Leyen said the EU would be “absolutely” one of the other parties included in these discussions, when asked Sky News moderator Yalda Hakim.
World Defense and Security officials are gathered in Munich, Germany in Germany in the foreground of discussions.
Also speaking on Friday, the American vice-president JD Vance said that he thought that the parties involved could resolve a “reasonable regulation between Russia and Ukraine”. The comments come when the vice-president should meet later Friday with Zelenskyy to advance peace talks.
The American senator Lindsey Graham, on the other hand, said that he had “all the confidence in the world” that Trump would end the war, there was therefore “no third invasion of Ukraine”.
