| Speaking to reporters on Aug. 20, after returning from Washington, and referring to the security guarantees that a large number of countries, including China, gave to Ukraine in exchange for giving up its nuclear arsenal and disarming itself of all heavy military equipment, Zelensky said: "...we do not need guarantors who do not help Ukraine and did not help Ukraine at a time when we really needed it after February 24, [2022].” |
Kyiv, Aug.21.– Ukraine and its European allies have been buoyed by Donald Trump's promise of security guarantees for Kyiv to help end the war in Ukraine, but face many unanswered questions, including how willing Russia will be to play ball.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hailed Monday's extraordinary summit at the White House with the US president as a "major step forward" towards ending Europe's deadliest conflict in 80 years and towards setting up a trilateral meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Trump in the coming weeks.
Zelenskiy was flanked by the leaders of allies, including Germany, France, and Britain at the summit, and his warm rapport with Trump contrasted sharply with their disastrous Oval Office meeting in February.
But beyond the optics, the path to peace remains deeply uncertain, and Zelenskiy may be forced to make painful compromises to end the war, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022 and which analysts say has killed or wounded more than 1 million people.
While the Washington talks allowed for a temporary sense of relief in Kyiv, there was no let-up in the fighting. Russia launched 270 drones and 10 missiles in an overnight attack on Ukraine, the Ukrainian air force said, the largest this month ...
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