"Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the US has agreed to offer strong security guarantees to Ukraine for 15 years, but acknowledged that the future of the country's eastern Donbas region was unresolved after his two-hour meeting on Sunday with Donald Trump in Florida. Speaking on his way back to Europe, Zelenskyy said the US Congress and Ukraine's parliament would jointly vote on American pledges. These were a key part of a 20-point peace plan discussed with the US president at his Mar-a-Lago residence, he said."
"The guarantees are seen by Kyiv as crucial to deter further Russian aggression in the event of a peace deal. Zelenskyy admitted that previous promises including the US and UK-backed 1994 Budapest memorandum guaranteeing Ukraine's borders did not work. The details of the latest US commitments remain unclear. Trump has ruled out deploying peacekeeping troops. Zelenskyy said the presence of international monitors in a postwar Ukraine was the best form of security and would provide reassurance to the country's citizens."
The US has agreed to provide strong security guarantees to Ukraine for 15 years, with the US Congress and Ukraine's parliament expected to jointly vote on the pledges. The guarantees form part of a 20-point peace plan discussed at Mar-a-Lago. The guarantees aim to deter further Russian aggression, while previous assurances such as the 1994 Budapest memorandum failed to prevent incursions. Details of the new commitments remain unclear and troop deployments have been ruled out. International monitors are preferred as the best form of postwar security. Negotiations remain distant, with Kremlin demands for Ukrainian withdrawal from a Donetsk fortress belt and continued disputes over Zaporizhzhia and territorial sovereignty.
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