Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky returns to Germany to mobilize Western leaders. His speech to the Munich Security Conference, scheduled for around 9:30 a.m.

(8:30 GMT), comes at a critical time for Ukraine and its soldiers who come from withdraw from Avdiïvka. The European Union had recently approved, not without difficulty, military aid of 50 billion euros over four years, after Hungary lifted its veto. The deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas, the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and the threat of escalation in the Middle East will also take center stage.