President Donald Trump announced that U.S., Russian and Ukrainian officials will meet at a security meeting in Munich on Friday to talks on how to end the Ukrainian war.

"Russia will be with our people," the U.S. president said. "By the way, Ukraine is also invited, not sure who will come from any country - but senior people from Russia, Ukraine and the United States."

However, Russia has not officially participated in Germany's annual forum - without comment, senior Ukrainian officials said "convening talks with Russians in Munich" was "expected".

U.S. NATO allies are still responding to Trump’s surprise announcement this week, which he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to start negotiations to end the war on a phone call.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with Trump's vice president JD Vance in Munich.

Zelensky is also expected to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Rubio's plane had to return to U.S. Air Force Base in Maryland late Thursday after experiencing "mechanical problems" on its way to the German city. Then he was going to take another plane.

The U.S. president announced the tee meeting in Munich at a press conference held on Thursday, without providing any other details.

However, Zelensky advisor Dmytro Lytvyn told reporters that the Ukrainian delegation had no plans to participate in such meetings.

Russia did not immediately respond to BBC's comments on the issue.

Trump's announcement comes the day after he first called Putin alone, and then called Zelensky.

Trump described the speech as “great” and said “it is possible to end this terrible, very bloody war.”

But he said it was not "practical" that Kiev joins the NATO military alliance and is "unlikely" that Ukraine could return to its invading border in 2014.

Zelensky acknowledged that the people Trump spoke with Putin before him were "not very pleasant" - warned that Ukraine would disagree with any peace deal proposed by the United States and Russia without Kiev's participation .

"As an independent country, we cannot accept it," he said, and his priority was "safety assurance" and without our support, he could not see that.

Zelensky said European allies “need to be on the table too” as the continent is increasingly concerned that Trump’s Putin’s proposal could lead to a separate U.S.-Russia deal for Ukraine and Europe’s future.

French President Emmanuel Macron told the Financial Times that only Zelensky could negotiate with Russia on behalf of his country, warning that "peace of surrender" would be "bad news for everyone."

"Any quick solution is a dirty deal," said Kaja Kallas, head of foreign policy at the EU.

In Munich, Zelensky's goal of meeting Vance seems clear: to encourage the United States to continue to support Ukraine and to keep in mind the best interests of a troubled country when trying to negotiate the end of the war.

What the Americans want at this meeting is uncertain. Vance may try to assure Zelensky that the Ukrainians will participate in the upcoming peace talks, even if they appear to be junior partners lately.

In fact, Vance may convey a blunt message - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly stated on Monday, even if he later backed off. The United States does not envision NATO, including Ukraine. To end the war, Ukraine will have to give up its territory currently under Russian control

Swallowing may be a painful pill for Zelensky, but at this point it seems unlikely that it will eventually require additional military aid to continue fighting.

Neither Trump nor Trump’s Republican Party in Congress have a great interest in maintaining support.

Moscow annexed the Black Sea Peninsula of Crimea after the overthrow of Ukraine's pro-Russian president in 2014 and supported pro-Russian separatists in bloody battles in eastern Ukraine.

The conflict broke out about three years ago when Russia invaded Ukraine.

Moscow's attempt to control the Kiev capital was thwarted, but Russian troops accounted for one fifth of Ukrainian territory in the east and south, and carried out air strikes across the country.

Ukraine retaliated against artillery and drone strikes, as well as ground offensives in western Russia’s Kursk region.

It is difficult to accurately count casualties due to the confidentiality of the Russian and Ukrainian governments, but it is estimated that thousands of people, most of them soldiers, have been killed or injured, and millions of Ukrainian civilians have fled refugees.