European nations must provide the "overwhelming" share of funding for Ukraine, the new US Defence Secretary has said, as he signalled a drastic shift in Washington's position on the war. The BBC's Defence correspondent Jonathan Beale looks at the comments made by Pete Hegseth at a defence summit in Brussels, on funding for Ukraine's security.

His comments came on the first day of the Munich Security Conference, where anxious European officials had hoped to learn more about U.S. plans to broker peace talks.

Ukraine would have a “very, very difficult” time surviving without U.S. military support to fend off Russia’s invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a interview broadcast the night before he is scheduled to address the Munich Security Conference.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that it would be “very, very, very difficult” for Ukraine to survive without U.S. military support, both now as it tries to repel Russia's invasion and in the future after the war ends.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for the United States and Europe to band together to support Ukraine in the war against Russia. Zelenskyy spoke Friday to the Munich Security

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged the challenges Ukraine faces, saying, “It will probably be very, very difficult. And, of course, in all difficult situations, there is a chance. But we will have little chance,