Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters Monday that the US is currently offering Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee in the latest draft plan to end Russia’s long-running invasion.
Zelensky, answering questions via WhatsApp one day after his high-stakes meeting with President Trump at the latter’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., said he had told Trump that Kyiv would like the guarantees to be extended for up to 50 years.
“I raised this issue with the president. I told him that our war is still going on, and it has been almost 15 years,” Zelensky said.
“Therefore, we would really like the guarantees to be longer. I told him that we would very much like to consider the possibility of 30, 40, 50 years. And that would then be a historic decision by President Trump.”
According to the Ukrainian president, Trump said he would “think about” the request.
The exact form of the security guarantees have not been made public, but Zelensky said Monday they would include monitoring for violations of any peace deal as well as a “presence” by the US and European nations.
The Post reported last week that the 20-point outline calls for a coordinated military response by the US, NATO and other European nations in the event the Russian invasion restarts.
Russia has said it would not accept deployment of troops from NATO countries inside Ukraine.
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