Ukraine will conduct in-depth negotiations with a limited number of foreign nations on Friday about providing forces to a contingent that would serve as Ukraine’s security guarantee, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Tuesday.
The Ukrainian leader told a press conference with Germany’s foreign minister that he was waiting for “more concrete” responses from Kyiv’s partners on their willingness to join such a force, an idea that Russia vehemently opposes.
“As far as the matter of a contingent goes, we will have a meeting on Friday. It will be a meeting of our military teams, several countries, a narrow circle of countries that will be ready to deploy a contingent in one form or another,” he said.
Zelenskyy stated that the contingent would include a land component, an aviation component, and a presence at sea.
U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that he wants to end the three-year conflict in Ukraine, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
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