President Vladimir Zelensky spoke at the Munich Security Conference during the panel titled “Strategic Investments: The Future of Ukrainian-American Security Cooperation.”

The main takeaways were compiled by “Slovo i Delo.”

What Zelensky discussed at the Munich conferences: content analysis of speechesContent analysis of Vladimir Zelensky's speeches at the Munich Security Conference.

In his speech, Zelensky stated that there is currently no talk of any peace agreement: “Today, there is no discussion of a peace agreement, and there is no need to seek mediation between Ukraine and Putin. We need strong support from a powerful country, the United States, and a strong President Trump. I don’t believe there can be anything in between us. Because it is not two countries at war; rather, Russia has brought war to our land, and we are, I believe, defending it honorably.”

He also mentioned that a peace agreement cannot be signed in Munich: “Because this is Munich… and we remember what things were once signed here. I do not repeat such things.” It is clear that Zelensky was referring to the Munich Agreement of 1938, signed between Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy.

A peace agreement, Zelensky continued, can only be a plan to end the war, supported by Ukraine and the U.S. The voice of Europe in the negotiations is also important, he added – it matters at the table, “not somewhere behind the scenes.”

Commenting on the issue of Ukraine's NATO membership, the president stated that the U.S. has never seen our country in the Alliance.

“The U.S. has never seen us in NATO and never wanted us in NATO. I have never heard during conversations that we would be in NATO. Never. And this is not a question for Trump. This is a question of U.S. policy,” he said.

“If not NATO today, then we will ask tomorrow, no problem,” Zelensky added. According to him, the only alternative could be “NATO in Ukraine.”

Today or tomorrow at the conference, Zelensky will have a meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance. During the meeting, the president expressed his readiness to discuss an agreement on rare earth metals. Ukraine, he emphasized, must protect its natural resources: “We have received investment proposals in Ukraine's critical minerals, and we have talked about this a lot: I said that we need to protect Ukraine, our resources… we are talking about protecting our resources so they do not fall into the hands of Russia.”

Zelensky also shared details of his conversation with Donald Trump. He confirmed that the U.S. president indeed gave him his personal number and allowed him to call at any time. “He (Trump – ed.) spoke with Putin. He told me that Putin wants to stop the war. I told him that he (Putin – ed.) is a liar, and I hope you will pressure him,” Zelensky recounted.

“Without security guarantees, we will simply give him a pause. I do not want to be the person who helped Putin occupy his country… Therefore, I am ready to come to Washington any day to develop a common plan of civilized people,” he added.

The president also stated that he is willing to meet with Putin: “I will not meet with the Russians. I don’t know whether they like it or not. I am ready to meet with one Russian – Putin. But only after a plan is developed together with Trump that will stop the war.”

It is worth noting that earlier Trump deemed Ukraine's NATO membership and the return of the country to its 2014 borders unlikely.

Vice President Vance also stated in an interview that the U.S. would strike Russia with sanctions and consider sending American troops to Ukraine if Putin does not agree to a peace agreement.