Munich, 15 February 2025 (dpa/MIA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an "armed forces of Europe" as he addressed the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

Zelensky urged Europe to shape its own future in view of the threat emanating from Russia as well as weakening US commitment to the continent's security. "The time has come, the armed forces of Europe must be created," he said.

Such troops should not replace NATO, but level European defence contributions with those made by the United States, he said.

"Yesterday here in Munich, the US vice president made it clear. Decades, he said, decades of the old relationship between Europe and America are ending," Zelensky said, referring to US Vice President JD Vance who addressed the gathering on Friday.

"From now on, things will be different, and Europe needs to adjust to that," the Ukrainian president said, adding that Trump would reduce spending on European defence.

"Europe needs a single voice, not a dozen different ones," Zelensky said, adding that "President Trump doesn't like weak friends."

"Some in Europe may be frustrated with Brussels," he said. "But let's be clear: if not Brussels, then Moscow."

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