Ukraine-Russia war latest: Rubio warns ‘old order is gone’ ahead of possible Zelensky meeting at Munich summit
US secretary of state Marco Rubio has warned the “old order is gone” ahead of a possible meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference.
Speaking before he departed the US, Mr Rubio said the world is at a “defining moment”, adding: “The Old World is gone, frankly, the world I grew up in.”
He said we live “in a new era in geopolitics, and it’s going to require all of us to re-examine what that looks like and what our role is going to be”.
World leaders are gathering in Munich for the summit which will see Mr Zelensky, Mr Rubio, British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, French president Emmanuel Macron, and several others take to the stage.
The meeting comes one day after Ukraine said it will receive $38 billion (£27.9bn) in military aid from its allies in 2026, including a £500 million for air defence from the UK as part of a £3 billion support package.
The aid will be used to fund drones, air defence systems, and Patriot missiles, defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov said.
