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• France has confirmed it will host an emergency summit of European leaders tomorrow to discuss the situation in Ukraine. Leaders from France, the UK, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain and Denmark will attend, Reuters reports
• European governments fear the White House could strike a deal with Russia which damages security on the continent, with US-Russia talks expected in Saudi Arabia later this week
• A senior Ukrainian government source has told BBC News that Ukraine has not been invited to the talks, despite a US special envoy's claim that Kyiv would be involved
• Meanwhile Russia continues to strike Ukraine, with an attack on the city of Mykolaiv leaving 100,000 people without power

• Donald Trump's plan to end the Ukraine war without European leaders' involvement represents a chilling wake-up call, writes our security correspondent Frank Gardner

Stay with us as we bring you the latest on this story.

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We've just been hearing from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on NBC News's Meet the Press.

He restated his position that Ukraine will never accept a peace deal negotiated solely between Russia and the US, without Ukraine at the table.

We've heard him make that point repeatedly in Europe this week - but now, speaking to a US audience, he is doubling down for Americans.

"I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine, never," he says.

"This is the war in Ukraine, against us, and it's our human losses," he adds.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to meet Russian officials in Saudi Arabia in the coming days - but as we've been reporting, a Ukrainian delegation will not be there.

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The Kremlin has been commenting further on that phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin earlier this week, which has triggered a flurry of diplomatic activity around the war in Ukraine.

On Sunday, an official spokesman for the Russian president said the call meant Russia and the United States would now be speaking about peace, not war.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: "This is a powerful signal that we will now try to solve problems through dialogue."

Peskov said Western sanctions would not get in the way of Russia-US talks, suggesting they could be "lifted as quickly as imposed".

Few details of that cpnversation have been made public but Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky has said it was bruising to learn Trump's first call was to Moscow and not Kyiv.

James Waterhouse
Ukraine correspondent in Kyiv

More now on those planned talks between Russia and the US, which are expected to take place in Saudi Arabia in the coming days.

A senior government source has told BBC News that Ukraine has not been invited and is not sending a team to those talks.

It follows a claim by US special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, that Kyiv would indeed be involved in negotiations.

It seems not at this early stage.

At least 100,000 people are without power in Mykolaiv following a Russian attack on the city, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says.

The nation's leader adds that homes were left without heating following a drone strike on the city's "critical infrastructure".

Mykolaiv is located in the south of Ukraine and is currently experience extreme cold with temperatures set to plunge to -10C.

The assault comes a day after it was announced the US would meet with Russia in Saudi Arabia to discuss plans for the Russia-Ukraine conflict to end.

Ukraine and Europe have not received an invitation to the discussions.

Zelensky says this latest round of aggression reflects Russia's unwillingness to broker peace.

"This is not what those who really want to restore peace and prepare for negotiations do," he adds.

Frank Gardner
Security correspondent

Europe’s leaders are scrambling to catch up with America’s plans to end the war in Ukraine, whether they like it or not.

Tomorrow will see a hastily arranged summit in Paris to discuss President Trump’s apparent plans to do a deal with his Russian counterpart, despite the objections of Ukraine and its European allies.

Breaking a three-year freeze in talks with Moscow, US and Russian negotiators are due to convene in Saudi Arabia in the week ahead - Ukraine is not invited.

This year’s Munich Security Conference has been a chilling wake-up call for Europe.

After decades of relying on the US as the backstop for its defence the message from the White House to Europe is clear: you can no longer take that for granted, you now need to step up and look after your own security.

Following the news that European leaders are preparing for an emergency summit over the war in Ukraine, Victoria Derbyshire and Paddy O’Connell recorded an episode of Newscast looking at how Keir Starmer hopes to play a unique role in bridging the gap between the US and EU positions over a peace deal.

You can listen to that here.

James Waterhouse
Ukraine correspondent in Kyiv

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Zelensky has tried to re-assert his country’s position after a week of murky contradictions on the political stage.

He rejected an initial proposal by the US to access Ukraine’s rare earth minerals in exchange for continued military aid, saying that the promise of security guarantees was "missing" from the draft agreement.

Speaking at one of many press conference he has held this week, he said: “These are investments, and we can think about profit only if everything is linked to [our] security guarantees."

There had been reports that Washington wanted the rights to billions of dollars’ worth of natural resources for the support it had given to date - not for what it would deliver in the future.

With a question mark hanging over Ukrainian representation at upcoming peace talks in Saudi Arabia, Zelensky is expected to host Keith Kellogg - America’s special envoy to Ukraine - next week.

The retired general has already said Europe won’t be involved in any negotiations, despite the White House calling for the bloc to step up its security and military support.

Zelensky says he plans to take the US envoy to the front line because, as he put it "America needs more details and a deeper understanding of what is happening on the ground”.

Lyse Doucet
Chief international correspondent

Historic – that’s how this year’s Munich Security Conference is being described here.

There’s a profound realisation that the old "transatlantic partnership", the solid alliance between Europe and America, is broken.

Over the past few days, many European leaders’ worst worries about their relationship with President Trump's team were confirmed.

They heard they shouldn’t expect to be at the table in any talks on ending the war in Ukraine.

Even more, that high level talks this week involving the Americans and Russians won’t even include Ukraine.

“Europe must stand up. We need to decide on the next steps to give Ukraine the opportunity to decide on its own future,” emphasised Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna as he emerged from a meeting here convened by Europe’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.

It’s already sparked an emergency meeting of some leaders in Paris on Monday to discuss Europe’s response, most of all how to strengthen its own resolve and marshal its own resources.

Many delegates here told me this year’s Munich Security Conference was "head-spinning" - a slew of ideas, some contradictory, coming from President Trump’s team, on ending the war in Ukraine, and other major issues.

It’s a defining moment for Europe. A new relationship with Washington must be forged, and fast. Too much is at stake.

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French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a meeting of European leaders on Monday to discuss the situation in Ukraine, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has confirmed.

He adds the summit shouldn't be "over-dramatised", saying these types of meetings happen regularly.

The meeting will include leaders from France, the UK, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain and Denmark, which would represent Baltic and Scandinavian countries, Reuters news agency reports.

About a quarter of Ukraine could be contaminated with landminespublished at 12:28 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February

12:28 GMT 16 February

Frank Gardner
Security correspondent

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There is no point talking about US access to Ukraine’s vast mineral wealth unless the problem of its unexploded landmines is also addressed.

That’s the warning from James Cowan, who heads UK-based landmine clearing charity the Halo Trust.

Speaking to the BBC on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, the former British army Maj Gen says: "The problem in Ukraine is huge. The Ukrainians estimate 156,000 sq km (60,232 sq miles) are contaminated by landmines or other explosive munitions."

"These mines are laid on the most productive farm land in Europe and are significantly damaging Ukraine’s economy," he adds.

General Cowan has blamed Ukrainian state bureaucracy for delays in clearing the country of what he said were millions of unexploded landmines, concentrated in the war-torn east of the country.

About a quarter of Ukraine’s landmass is estimated to be contaminated with landmines.

Ukraine’s government is understood to have drawn up a draft deal that would give the US access to large mineral deposits including ‘rare earths’ such as Lithium. But President Zelensky is reported to have refused to sign off on it until, and unless, the US provides concrete security guarantees.

"The suggestion," James Cowan says, "that there could be a US/Ukrainian deal that allows mining for minerals cannot happen without first demining affected areas".

Rubio and Netanyahu have just commented on the security situation in the Middle East and the strong relationship between the two countries.

Here's a look at the key lines from the conference:

• Netanyahu says US President Donald Trump is the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House and says the two nations share the same strategy for the future of Gaza
• He then turns his attention to global authorities, calling the UN General Assembly "anti-American and "anti-Israel" and accuses the International Criminal Court (ICC) of "outrageously libelling" Israel adding that like the US, his country does not accept the authority of the court

• Rubio says Iran is the "single greatest source of instability", adding it can never be allowed to own nuclear weapons
• He also says Hamas has to be "eliminated" and urges the Lebanese army to disband Hezbollah

The news conference has now ended. Rubio did not comment on US plans for Ukraine and, as a reminder, he is heading to Saudi Arabia in coming days for peace talks with Russia.

We're about to hear from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio who is in Jerusalem after attending the Munich Security Conference.

He has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the two of them are about to give a news conference.

Stay with us as we bring you key lines.

Poland's foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, has said the US has shared with him their plans for Ukraine, describing the tactics as "unorthodox".

Sikorski revealed that US envoy to Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, came up to him personally.

"General Kellogg has presented to me personally and to the circle of European allies, the United States' negotiating tactics."

Sikorski did not share any further details with reporters saying: "I will not reveal them here. They raise some hopes. They are unorthodox, but we wish them luck."

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called yesterday for the creation of an "army of Europe" amid rising concerns the US may no longer come to the continent's aid.

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, he said US Vice-President JD Vance's speech at the event had made it clear that the old relationship between Europe and America was "ending" and the continent "needs to adjust to that".

But Zelensky also said Ukraine would "never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement" after Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to start peace talks.

European leaders from across the continent have come to Ukraine's defence over the last few days, firmly stating that no peace talks could take place without Ukraine - or without Europe's involvement.

Earlier this week US President Donald Trump announced he had a lengthy phone conversation with the Russian leader and added that negotiations to stop the "ridiculous war" in Ukraine would begin "immediately".

Trump then "informed" Zelensky of his plan.

Luke Mintz
Broadcasting House reporter

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The US should not exclude Ukrainian and European governments from its peace talks with Russia, the German ambassador to the UK says.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme on Sunday morning, Miguel Berger says recent events show Germany was "mistaken" to cut defence spending after the Cold War.

On the peace talks, Berger says: "The feeling is that the US has given away too many points like no Nato membership, no US boots on the ground in Ukraine - things that would have been an essential part of negotiations."

"We need to have a joint plan,” he says, adding Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called for just that. “We can't go into negotiations without having a joint Ukrainian - European - US plan on what we will ask from Russia in order to achieve a peace agreement."

"It was in 2007 that President Putin gave a speech, where he made clear that he's changing course," Berger says, reflecting on earlier Munich Security Conferences, before adding "we should have started earlier to invest more in our own defence".

Frank Gardner
Security correspondent

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There are two sharply differing viewpoints here at this security event.

One is the long-held Nato mantra that the West needs to continue to sustain Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion "for as long as it takes".

This viewpoint holds that - due to sanctions and the war - Russia’s economy is in dire trouble and that if Ukraine can only hold on for a few more months then Russia’s offensive will run out of steam and Ukraine will be in a stronger position to negotiate than it is today.

The other viewpoint is that that’s all changed. The Trump administration hasn’t got the time or the patience for that, it wants this war to wrap up now and it’s moving ahead fast with its eyes on a deal with Putin.

Europe and Ukraine are scrambling to catch up with this new and unwelcome reality, hence the flurry of meetings and a planned European summit.

But the indications are that this White House is determined to conclude a deal with Moscow, over the protests of Ukraine and its European allies, even at the risk it’s seen to reward Vladimir Putin for invading a sovereign European nation.

As we've been reporting, the US is sending a delegation to Saudi Arabia for talks with Russia aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

Here are some more details on what we know so far:

• Senior White House figures, including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, plan to meet Russian negotiators in the coming days
• US officials said that Ukraine was also invited - although Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country has received no such invitation.
• US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, will also attend
• US special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg said Washington, Moscow and Kyiv would also be involved in talks, but Europe was not invited
• Rubio spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, where he reaffirmed Trump's "commitment to finding an end to the conflict in Ukraine", according to a state department spokesperson

Harry Farley
Political correspondent

A US delegation is heading to Saudi Arabia for talks with Russia, aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, US officials say.

There has been concern that Europe and the UK could be side lined in these talks. It’s that fear that has led to this hastily arranged summit tomorrow in Paris.

The meeting will be convened by French President Emmanuel Macron. Sir Keir Starmer, who earlier said this was “a once in a generation moment for our national security”, will also attend.

No 10 sources told the BBC last night that they think the UK is well-placed to try and be that bridge between the US and some of the European leaders who have been criticising President Donald Trump in last few days.

The question that immediately arises, however, is what this all means for the UK and UK defence spending. Remember, Labour promised to set out a path to spend 2.5% of GDP on defence. But there is no immediate timescale for when that will happen, and military chiefs in last few days said UK must go further than 2.5%.

Yesterday, the former head of the Army Lord Dannatt told the BBC that the UK military is “so run down” it could not lead any future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. He warned a failure to raise defence spending significantly will “consign Keir Starmer to the bin of history.”

Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel is next up, speaking to Victoria Derbyshire down the line from Munich.

Patel disagrees with the suggestions that UK involvement in negotiations is now irrelevant, saying that on the contrary, the UK's position on the Ukraine conflict and its involvement is "widely respected" at the conference.

Derbyshire then also puts it to Patel that it sounds like Europe is being locked out of the upcoming talks and suggests Europe has failed Ukraine.

Patel disagrees, adding Nato allies and European countries have lent strong support to Ukraine. She says there’s widescale recognition that European allies have provided a lot in terms of military, financial and humanitarian aid.

“We all have to recognise that this is about Ukraine’s independence and sovereignty”, she says, and about making sure Ukrainians should be the ones determining their future.

Asked what the UK prime minister should do, she says there needs to be a step up on defence spending and that it has to be the priority, adding the UK "should be at the table and working with US allies".