Vice President JD Vance is appearing at the Munich Security Conference amid intense concern and uncertainty over the Trump administration's foreign policy.

Asked whether Ukraine would be part of the negotiations, the president said on Thursday, “Of course they would.” A day earlier, he had suggested otherwise, and appeared ready to make concessions that Ukraine has flatly rejected.

The European Union’s (EU) foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said “any quick fix” in forging a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia should not be done without the involvement of the rest of