Zelensky dismisses U.S. peace plan for Ukraine ahead of meeting with JD Vance: Live updates

The American vice -president has said that European countries are participating in possible conversations for a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia.

Vance made the intervention at the Munich safety conference in the midst of Alarm countries, could be excluded from such conversations after a direct call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Asked by a reporter at the sidelines of the Safety Conference of Munich or Europe should be involved in negotiations together with the United States, Russia and Ukraine, Vance said: “Of course they should. Naturally.'

President Zensky's comments in Munich come after he claimed that Russia had launched a drone attack at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant at night and significantly damaged a radiation care.

Zensky said on X that a Russian attack drone with a high-explosive core head hit the hiding place that protected the world against radiation on the destroyed 4th power unit of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. “

He said the shelter was damaged, but that the fire has since been extinguished. The cover is used to prevent radiation after the nuclear disaster of 1986 that sent a radioactive cloud throughout Europe.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported an 'explosion' on the site and said it will continue to follow the factory, but added that the radiation levels did not increase and remain stable.

CCTV images of the Ukrainian leader showed an explosion on the side of the Chernobyl structure in images that were a time stamp 02:02 AM (0002 GMT).

The video also showed a fire and hole in the roof, where firefighters used a snake to put the fire from the inside of the dome.

Russia has stated that none of his officials will attend the safety conference of Munich because the country has not been invited to the event.

Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized the position of Russia this morning in a weekly newsletter.

Zakharova said that the conference had changed in the course of the years and had started a security event to become an event to support the 'regime in Kiev' and an event that she believed in the implementation of security policy That was destructive for Europe's own safety.

It comes when the US wants to promote a peace agreement to end the three -year war between Russia and Ukraine.

In conversation with reporters, Zensky added that he was not aware of a promoted meeting with Russians at the safety conference of Munich.

Trump has said that Russian and American officials will meet in the German city today, the addition of Ukraine is also invited.

Zensky has added that he will visit the United Arab Emirates and then Saudi Aarabia and Turkey.

President Zensky has told Munich's security conference that he does not think that the US does not yet have a peace plan in Ukraine.

Zensky said that earlier discussions he had held with Trump so far 'is certainly not enough to form a plan' for peace.

He also added signals that come from the US, his 'strong' and 'varied' for his conversations later with Vice President Vance.

Moscow has said that it will look for 'clarifications' while responding to JD Vance's comments in the Wall Street Journal.

According to the Russian news channel RBC, spokesperson for Kremlin Dmitry Peskov said: 'These are new elements of the position, we have not heard such formulations before, they have not been expressed.

“We hope that we will receive some extra clarifications.”

Vance said the Wall Street Journal that 'everything is on the table' attempted to guarantee the long -term independence of KYIV while Trump is preparing to meet his Russian counterpart and iron a deal.

“There are economic aids for leverage, there are of course military tools for leverage” that the US can use against Putin, “Vance told the newspaper.

Vance teased the prospect of a peace plan and insisted that the president would not stop when it came to negotiating with Putin.

“The president does not go into the blinking here. He is going to say, “Everything is on the table, let's close a deal,” said Vance.

“I think there is a deal that will come from this that many people will shock.”

• The meeting between Zensky and Vance in Munich is expected to take place at 11 am Est (5 pm local time)

Hello and welcome to today's live blog of DailyMail.com, while Donald Trump tries to press Vooruit with plans to negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia.

The European countries have been at war for three years, but Trump promised to end the conflict when he regained the White House.

The president also spoke with Zensky and described his conversations with both leaders as 'large', adding that there was a 'good opportunity to end that terrible, very bloody war'.

JD Vance and Marco Rubio are expected to meet Zelensky later in Munich, while world leaders gather for a large safety conference.

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