Vance and Zelenskyy Meet at Security Summit Amid Push for Peace Talks

Trump has said that U.S. and Russian officials will also meet in Munich on Friday for discussions and that Ukraine had been invited.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance (3rd R), U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (4th R) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (3rd L) meet on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on Feb. 14, 2025. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met on Friday, following President Donald Trump’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the announcement of talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

“It’s important for us to get together and start to have the conversations that are going to be necessary to bring this thing to a close,” Vance said.