Delegates to the Munich Security Conference will also discuss the global impact of the war on issues ranging from energy supply to food prices
The war has reignited long-running debates on questions such as how much Europe should build up its own military capacity, how much it should rely on the United States for its security, and how much governments should spend on defence.
"Negotiations can begin when Russia withdraws its troops from the territory of Ukraine. Other options only give Russia time to regroup forces and resume hostilities at any moment," Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter.As Russian troops massed on Ukraine's borders, Western leaders in Munich urged President Vladimir Putin not to invade and warned of dire consequences if he did so, while Mr Zelensky criticised what he saw as appeasement towards Moscow.
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius repeated his pledge for Berlin to exceed NATO's 2% military spending target. However, Moscow made its voice heard from afar, accusing Washington of inciting Ukraine to escalate the conflict and saying that the United States was now directly involved in the war because"crazy people" had dreams of defeating Russia.
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