A carnival float depicts Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hitting a love hammer on Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the presentation of this year’s satirical carnival floats for the Rose Monday Parade in Cologne,

U_S_ Vice President JD Vance has visited the Dachau concentration camp memorial in Germany and says “seeing it up close in person really drives home what unspeakable evil was committed.”.

Where European allies stand on potential peace talks between Trump and Putin 02:39. Vice President JD Vance hammered home the United States demand that the NATO alliance step up d

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead the U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference that starts Friday in the southern German city, where world leaders and diplomats are gathering amid intense concern and uncertainty over the Trump administration’s foreign policy.

Two top European leaders have stiffened their spines over unsettling new policies from President Donald Trump. Ukraine’s president urged creation of an “armed forces of Europe” and the leader of

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met to discuss plans for ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict. But that was overshadowed by his address to conference attendees.

"We, as an independent country, simply will not be able to accept any agreements without us," Zelenskyy told reporters as he visited a nuclear plant on his way to the Munich Security Conference, where he plans to meet Friday with U.

Vice President JD Vance continued his overseas trip on Friday to take part in the Munich Security Conference in Germany.

A carnival float depicts Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy using a love hammer on Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the presentation of this year's satirical carnival floats for the Rose Monday

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meet for talks at the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb.15, 2025. (/DPA via AP, Pool)

On the first day of the Munich Security Conference, there was intense speculation about potential peace negotiations for Ukraine, according to RFE/RL correspondent Ray Furlong. But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said such a plan could only happen with a consensus from the United States and Europe.