Overview
- Ukraine’s leader defined the required guarantees as partner monitoring plus a physical presence on Ukrainian territory.
- He said Kyiv is working with the United States, Europeans, and other allies to finalize documents that could be signed as a 20-point plan to end the war and trigger guarantees simultaneously.
- Zelenskyy noted that lifting martial law also depends on the military command confirming the country’s infrastructure is ready.
- He warned that without such guarantees, Ukraine cannot recognize the war as over due to the risk of renewed Russian aggression.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called ironclad security guarantees the most crucial element for any peace process.