US security guarantees that had been confirmed by Congress would combine with pledges by nations in the so-called Coalition of the Willing to form an effective protection for Ukraine, Zelenskiy said. European Union membership would also be part of the security arrangements for his country, he said.
(Dec 30): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he asked Donald Trump for US security guarantees lasting as long as half a century to help deter any future Russian invasion.
Current proposals under discussion as part of a peace plan set out a 15-year term with the possibility for an extension, though “I would like the guarantee to be much longer,” Zelenskiy said on Monday in an audio message to reporters. “We would like to consider the possibility of 30, 40, 50 years and then it will be a historic decision by Trump.”
