Putin a ‘slave to war,’ Zelenskiy saysREPEATING HISTORY: The US only speaks of concessions in the context of Ukraine, Zelenskiy said, drawing comparisons to the 1938 Munich Agreement preceding WWIIAFP, MUNICH, GermanyUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “slave to war” in a speech to the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, adding that Russia’s attacks had damaged every power plant in the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Saturday. Of Putin, who launched the war in February 2022, Zelenskiy said: “He may see himself as a czar, but in reality he is a slave to war.”Russia and Ukraine are to hold US-brokered talks this week, and Zelenskiy said Kyiv was doing “everything” to end the war. “The Americans often return to the topic of concessions, and too often those concessions are discussed in the context only of Ukraine,” Zelenskiy said. Returning to the question of elections in Ukraine, Zelenskiy said they would be held once Kyiv received security guarantees and a ceasefire had been agreed.

Source: Taipei Times February 15, 2026 16:12 UTC