"The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for a period of 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, though he said he would prefer an American commitment of up to 50 years to deter Russia from further attempts to seize its neighbor's land by force. U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Zelenskyy at his Florida resort on Sunday and insisted that Ukraine and Russia are "closer than ever before" to a peace settlement."
""Without security guarantees, realistically, this war will not end," Zelenskyy told reporters in voice messages responding to questions sent via a Whatsapp chat. Ukraine has been fighting Russia since 2014, when it illegally annexed Crimea and Moscow-backed separatists took up arms in the Donbas, a vital industrial region in eastern Ukraine. Details of the security guarantees have not become public but Zelenskyy said Monday that they include how a peace deal would be monitored as well as the "presence" of partners."
"He didn't elaborate, but Russia has said it won't accept the deployment in Ukraine of troops from NATO countries. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump were expected to speak in the near future but there was no indication the Russian leader would speak to Zelenskyy. French President Emmanuel Macron said Kyiv's allies will meet in Paris in early January to "finalize each country's concrete contributions" to the security guarantees."
The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prefers an American commitment of up to 50 years. President Donald Trump hosted Zelenskyy at his Florida resort and said Ukraine and Russia are closer than ever to a peace settlement, while warning negotiations could still collapse. Negotiators remain stalled on force withdrawals and the fate of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Details of the guarantees are not public but reportedly include monitoring arrangements and the presence of international partners. Russia opposes deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine. Allies will meet in Paris in early January to finalize contributions.
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