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slash valentine. Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingley. Vice President Vance is

expected to meet with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, today on the sidelines of a security

conference in Germany.

Their talks in Munich are part of President Trump's push to negotiate an end to Russia's war in

Ukraine. Zelensky and NATO's Secretary General said yesterday, any negotiated peace deal must

include Kiev being a part of the process. Trump says he may soon meet with

Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a deal, possibly in Saudi Arabia. President Trump says

he in India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, discussed strengthening defense and economic ties

during their talks yesterday at the White House.

As NPR's Osmakhalid reports their meeting came on the same day, Trump announced reciprocal U.S. tariffs on countries worldwide.

The Trump administration says these new tariffs would not be ready until April at the earliest.

But it is certainly significant for trade relations. Trump has repeatedly

singled India out for its high tariff rates on U.S. imports. At his joint press conference with

his Indian counterpart, Trump put it this way. I had discussions with India and the first term about

the fact that their tariffs were very high and I was unable to get a concession.

So we're just going to do it the easy way and we're just going to say whatever you charge,

we charge.

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