Trump promises US security guarantees for Ukraine

Trump Zelensky 18 August

A meeting between US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer ended with Donald Trump promising that the US would be involved in providing security guarantees for Ukraine.

Mr Trump said Mr Putin “agreed that Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine”. He added: “I think that the European nations are going to take a lot of the burden. We’re going to help them, and we’re going to make it very secure.”

A cease-fire between Ukraine and Russia was not on Trump’s agenda, he thinks a peace deal is a better option.

President Trump said that “if everything works out well today”, there will be a trilateral meeting between himself, Mr Putin and Mr Zelenskyy.

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