The president of Ukraine, Volodimir ZelenskiHe said today that Ukraine will never accept a peace deal behind its back or without Kiev’s involvement, in an indirect message to US President Donald Trump as the latter is trying to end the war with Russia.

In a speech At the Munich Conference For security, Zelenski also called on Europe to create its own armyappealing European leaders to decide their own future and saying that the Ukrainian army alone is not enough for their security.

“Ukraine will never accept agreements that will be behind our backs or without our participation. And the same rule should apply to all of Europe. “he said.

Trump had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, the first between US and Russia leaders after Russia’s full -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and said he and Putin are expecting to meet In the future, probably in Saudi Arabia.

Ukraine has repeatedly said that it wants, along with the US and Europe, to devise a common strategy before any Trump-Putin meeting.

The Trump government has so far left the impression on some European allies that it is making concessions to Putin at the expense of Ukraine before any negotiations begin, although statements by some US senior officials have caused confusion.

Zelenski predicted that the Kremlin would try to persuade Trump to participate in the Russian celebrations of 9 May for the end of World War II in Moscow during which a military parade took place every year in the Red Square.

Zelenski told the conference that he believes it would be “dangerous” for Trump to meet Putin before he met Trump himself.

The Ukrainian president also raised warnings to Europe’s leaders by addressing them with the rhetorical question of whether their armies would be ready if Moscow launched an open attack or a “false-flag” attack, so planned. so that it appears to be performed by someone else from the team responsible for it.

“If this war (Ukraine-Russia) is over in the wrong way, he (Putin) will have a tested tested in the battle of soldiers who know nothing but killing and looting,” He said, citing reports of information services that Russia would send troops to Belarus next summer.

“And now, as we fight in this war and lay the foundations for peace and security, we must build Europe’s armed forces.”said Volodimir Zelenski.