--- title: "Is America Going to Sell Out Ukraine?" description: "The US just changed everything at the Munich Security Conference. A NATO shake-up, Ukraine sidelined, and secret US-Russia peace talks—here’s what went down and why it matters. Watch now. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ References https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx242lw21jwo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2p7wj3yq1o https://apnews.com/article/germany-munich-vance-election-zelenskyy-scholz-ukraine-4e48e115b504f9e3609b3457b48f9db0 https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/15/zelensky-speech-munich-msc-european-army-ukraine-vance-trump/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zelenskyy-meeting-with-vance-rubio/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/ukraine-hands-over-draft-minerals-deal-us-kyiv-source-says-2025-02-14/ https://apnews.com/article/munich-zelenskyy-russia-ukraine-stubb-finland-putin-trump-vance-a96cd82f8011ce75570d45fe45e41625 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/16/ukraine-summit-paris-macron-european-leaders-us-russia?utmterm=67b32719dbe1ea4ef53db0941419ef60&utmcampaign=USMorningBriefing&utmsource=esp&utmmedium=Email&CMP=usbriefingemail https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/16/stunned-europeans-make-plans-after-us-announcements-on-ukraine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/jd-vance-munich-speech-laid-bare-collapse-transatlantic-alliance-us-europe https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-calls-european-army-deter-russia-earn-us-respect-2025-02-15/ https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-discussed-ending-ukraine-war-with-russias-putin-2025-02-12/ https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-backs-ukraine-early-concessions-russia-spark-concerns-2025-02-13/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/fastthinking/what-munich-means-for-ukraine-peace-talks/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/mike-waltz-steve-witkoff-saudi-arabia-ukraine-russia-peace-talks-rcna192354 https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-saudi-talks-0c7f21c2125c97fd0a1f6459eebeb65b https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm292319gr2o https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/us/politics/vance-far-right-germany-munich-afd.html https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceve3wl21x1o https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/02/15/german-chancellor-scholz-appears-to-rebuke-jd-vance-in-speech-slams-outsiders-intervening-in-our-democracy/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-host-european-leaders-meeting-ukraine-monday-says-french-minister-2025-02-16/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-asks-europeans-what-they-need-ukraine-security-guarantees-document-2025-02-16/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04nw1pg3k2o https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/european-macron-paris-trump-ukraine-zelenskyy-putin-war-peace-rcna192437 https://www.politico.eu/article/france-macron-emergency-european-summit-trump-defense-crisis-war-trump-putin-paris/ https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-wants-discuss-with-us-fate-minerals-areas-held-by-russia-2025-02-16/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/european-countries-will-not-create-one-united-army-says-polands-sikorski-2025-02-16/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/zelenskiy-says-draft-us-minerals-deal-not-ready-yet-it-does-not-protect-ukraine-2025-02-15/" url: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-npvtptvovpm.md canonical: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-npvtptvovpm/ datePublished: 2025-02-19T15:45:02.000Z dateModified: 2025-02-19T15:45:02.000Z author: - name: Fronts Staff url: https://fronts.co/authors/fronts-team/ publisher: Fronts type: NewsArticle language: en access: members isAccessibleForFree: false tokens: 982 --- The US just changed everything at the Munich Security Conference. A NATO shake-up, Ukraine sidelined, and secret US-Russia peace talks—here’s what went down and why it matters. Watch now. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ References https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx242lw21jwo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2p7wj3yq1o https://apnews.com/article/germany-munich-vance-election-zelenskyy-scholz-ukraine-4e48e115b504f9e3609b3457b48f9db0 https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/15/zelensky-speech-munich-msc-european-army-ukraine-vance-trump/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zelenskyy-meeting-with-vance-rubio/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/ukraine-hands-over-draft-minerals-deal-us-kyiv-source-says-2025-02-14/ https://apnews.com/article/munich-zelenskyy-russia-ukraine-stubb-finland-putin-trump-vance-a96cd82f8011ce75570d45fe45e41625 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/16/ukraine-summit-paris-macron-european-leaders-us-russia?utmterm=67b32719dbe1ea4ef53db0941419ef60&utmcampaign=USMorningBriefing&utmsource=esp&utmmedium=Email&CMP=usbriefingemail https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/16/stunned-europeans-make-plans-after-us-announcements-on-ukraine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/jd-vance-munich-speech-laid-bare-collapse-transatlantic-alliance-us-europe https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-calls-european-army-deter-russia-earn-us-respect-2025-02-15/ https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-discussed-ending-ukraine-war-with-russias-putin-2025-02-12/ https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-backs-ukraine-early-concessions-russia-spark-concerns-2025-02-13/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/fastthinking/what-munich-means-for-ukraine-peace-talks/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/mike-waltz-steve-witkoff-saudi-arabia-ukraine-russia-peace-talks-rcna192354 https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-saudi-talks-0c7f21c2125c97fd0a1f6459eebeb65b https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm292319gr2o https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/us/politics/vance-far-right-germany-munich-afd.html https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceve3wl21x1o https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/02/15/german-chancellor-scholz-appears-to-rebuke-jd-vance-in-speech-slams-outsiders-intervening-in-our-democracy/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-host-european-leaders-meeting-ukraine-monday-says-french-minister-2025-02-16/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-asks-europeans-what-they-need-ukraine-security-guarantees-document-2025-02-16/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04nw1pg3k2o https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/european-macron-paris-trump-ukraine-zelenskyy-putin-war-peace-rcna192437 https://www.politico.eu/article/france-macron-emergency-european-summit-trump-defense-crisis-war-trump-putin-paris/ https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-wants-discuss-with-us-fate-minerals-areas-held-by-russia-2025-02-16/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/european-countries-will-not-create-one-united-army-says-polands-sikorski-2025-02-16/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/zelenskiy-says-draft-us-minerals-deal-not-ready-yet-it-does-not-protect-ukraine-2025-02-15/ --- Full analysis is behind the paywall. 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