Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky willing to give up presidency for peace and Nato membership

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has mentioned a US troop deployment in Ukraine is logical if a minerals deal between the nations is handled as safety ensures.

Zelensky additionally mentioned on Sunday that about $15 billion of beforehand pledged US army assist was but to be delivered.

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned on Sunday {that a} minerals cope with the US couldn’t work if it requested Ukraine to return the worth of assist already given by Washington.

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky has mentioned false statements about his scores and quantities of US assist are harmful steps to weaken Ukraine.

Ukraine can preserve combating Russia for the remainder of the yr with European assist, Poland’s overseas minister Radoslaw Sikorski has mentioned.

“Ukraine can struggle by itself with our European assist for the remainder of this yr, and I believe Putin has to take this under consideration,” Sikorski informed CNN in an interview on Sunday.

Requested if his impression after speaking to the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was that Ukraine could be supplied safety ensures by Washington, Sikorski mentioned the perfect assure for Ukraine was its nearly million-man military, resisting Russian aggression.

“In case you’d requested me three years in the past the place Ukraine and Russia could be on this battle in three years’ time, I do not suppose both of us would have guessed that Russia would solely seize 20 p.c of Ukraine’s territory,” Sikorski mentioned.

“But when we’re to have a sturdy peace, it must be one which each side can dwell with, above all, the sufferer of aggression.”

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky has mentioned he believed US President Donald Trump’s crew noticed a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia as the tip of the battle.

Kyiv has lengthy argued that it must see a long-term decision to the battle for it to really feel safe as a result of menace of a renewed Russian assault.

Donald Trump’s particular envoy Steve Witkoff and treasury secretary Scott Bessent have mentioned on Sunday they anticipated that an settlement could be signed this week on US entry to Ukraine’s important mineral deposits.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wavered “in his dedication in direction of {that a} week in the past,” Witkoff mentioned in a CNN ‘State of the Union’ interview on Sunday, referring to the Ukrainian chief’s rejection of the unique US proposal. “The president [Trump] despatched the message to him. He isn’t wavering any extra.”

Zelensky realised “that we’ve got accomplished a lot [for Ukraine] … and I believe you may see it [the deal] signed this week,” continued Witkoff.

Zelensky had beforehand rejected US calls for for $500 billion in mineral wealth from Ukraine to repay Washington for wartime assist, saying the US had equipped nowhere close to that sum.

“The deal will probably be signed,” Bessent mentioned in an interview on Fox Information on Sunday, including he was “hopeful” it should occur within the coming week.

The Ukrainian president’s chief of workers mentioned on Sunday that the following spherical of negotiations with the US over a deal will proceed.

Sir Keir Starmer and the Nato secretary-general agreed there may very well be “no negotiations about Ukraine with out Ukraine” in a name on Sunday night.

A Downing Road spokesperson mentioned: “The Prime Minister spoke with Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte this night.

“Forward of the three-year anniversary of Russia’s barbaric full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Prime Minister started by underscoring that Ukraine should be within the strongest place attainable.

“The leaders agreed that there may very well be no negotiations about Ukraine with out Ukraine. They agreed it was essential for Europe to step up in an effort to guarantee European safety.

“The Prime Minister mentioned he would proceed to have these very important discussions with worldwide companions, together with throughout his go to to Washington DC.

“They agreed to talk quickly.”

None of us will ever overlook the place we have been on that grim morning three years in the past when Vladimir Putin began his full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As footage of missile strikes raining down on Ukrainian cities performed on screens, it felt at instances as if Putin may need struck a decisive blow not simply towards Ukraine, however towards the democratic values we share with our Ukrainian mates.

It felt like a weak and divided West – nonetheless reeling from the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan months prior, and, within the case of Europe, nonetheless hooked on low-cost Russian gasoline – would battle to unite and supply Ukrainians with the assist they wanted.

However Putin underestimated the deep energy of the beliefs that we share with our allies, together with Ukraine, and the ability of these elementary values: democracy, reality, and liberty. We have been in a position to come collectively and allow courageous Ukrainians to repel Putin’s advances, and even to reclaim a few of their territory.

The Trump administration reportedly threatened to chop off Ukraine’s entry to Starlink, which has been a lifeline in offering web entry to the nation during the war with Russia, throughout negotiations over entry to helpful minerals.

Keith Kellog, the U.S. particular envoy to Ukraine, raised the prospect this week of turning off service to Starlink if the 2 nations don’t strike a deal over essential minerals, an unnamed source told Reuters.