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Latest news bulletin | February 15th – Morning
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15/02/2025
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Maybe Russia will give up a lot, maybe they won't.
00:04
That's how US President Donald Trump described on Thursday his initial vision of a deal to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine
00:11
during a press conference with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
00:15
Meanwhile, he's more clear about what Ukraine needs to give up, the prospect of a NATO membership.
00:22
They've gotten themselves into something and they said you cannot have Ukraine going in in any way into NATO.
00:30
And I start from that standpoint, I think everybody knew that.
00:35
Now, if a better deal can be negotiated, if they're able to make a deal where they can do that, that's fine with me.
00:42
I really don't care. I want that bloodshed to stop.
00:47
Ukraine wasn't in and never requested to be in until more recently.
00:51
So that's the way it is and I think that's the way it's going to have to be.
00:55
Europe is cautious about Trump's assertion.
00:58
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed with Trump that the Russia-Ukraine conflict must end as quickly as possible,
01:04
but said there must be a just peace to have any hope it may last.
01:09
Our interests in the upcoming negotiations are self-evidently represented and committed,
01:15
because they are directly related to us.
01:19
We Europeans are the ones who support Ukraine the most,
01:24
as long as it is necessary and beyond a possible peace agreement.
01:29
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, on the other hand, said he would not accept any negotiations about Ukraine
01:35
that do not include his country in the talks.
01:38
European governments also demanded a seat at the table.
01:47
European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen announced at the Munich Security Conference
01:52
that she will propose to activate the EU's fiscal escape clause in order to boost defence spending.
01:58
Under the measure, defence spending making a country's overall spending go over or deviate
02:03
from the EU Stability and Growth Pact would not be met with financial repercussions.
02:11
In simple terms, we empowered member states to substantially increase public investments linked to the crisis.
02:19
I believe we are now in another period of crisis which warrants a similar approach.
02:28
EU leaders are increasingly worried about the continent's security amid uncertainty
02:33
about US support for Ukraine against Russian threats.
02:37
Also speaking in Munich, US Vice President J.D. Vance reiterated the Trump administration's call
02:43
for NATO members to spend more on defence.
02:46
The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it's not China,
02:52
it's not any other external actor.
02:54
And what I worry about is the threat from within.
02:58
The retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values,
03:03
values shared with the United States of America.
03:06
Negotiations are ongoing among European NATO allies to raise the defence spending target
03:12
from its current 2% of GDP level.
03:16
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a stark warning on Friday,
03:23
saying that Russia may be preparing an act of aggression against NATO members as early as next year.
03:29
He spoke at the Munich Security Conference, where the future of Ukraine is the top item on the agenda.
03:35
And I think this is his idea.
03:39
And I think that all I've got from intelligence and et cetera,
03:42
I think that he's preparing the war against NATO countries next year.
03:49
And I think so.
03:51
But I don't know, you know, I don't have 100.
03:54
God bless, we will stop this crazy guy.
03:57
And we will not have war, any war in the world, in Europe,
04:01
but you will not stop him just to say, yes, he said that, we will stop.
04:06
It's not enough.
04:07
Zelensky added that immediate security guarantees for Ukraine are necessary
04:12
after U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said NATO membership for Ukraine was unrealistic.
04:18
He said EU politicians remain very concerned about the U.S. reaction
04:22
and possible support in case of an attack.
04:25
If we are not ready today for NATO, OK, we will wait, but we can't just wait.
04:31
We will wait with some security guarantees for today.
04:36
That's my position.
04:38
Zelensky is also meeting U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance in Munich
04:42
to discuss President Trump's ideas for a negotiated settlement to the war.
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