MEET THE PRESS

 “I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine, never,” Zelenskyy told “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker on Friday in Munich, Germany. “This is the war in Ukraine, against us, and it’s our human losses.”

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with NBC News Meet the Press, in Munich, on Feb. 14, 2025.NBC News

Efforts to end the war in Ukraine were in focus this week as members of the Trump administration, several GOP senators, European leaders and Zelenskyy gathered in Germany for the Munich Security Conference. In the interview, Zelenskyy spoke about what Trump brings to the table in talks on ending the war, his views on the future of NATO and how Russia poses a threat to countries beyond Ukraine, what he would say to Russian President