Zelensky Setting Expectations for Ukraine Ahead of Friday’s Oval Office Meeting With Trump

‘If we don’t get security guarantees, we won’t have a ceasefire, nothing will work, nothing,’ the President of Ukraine says.

AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, file
Presidents Trump, right, and Zelensky at Trump Tower on September 27, 2024. AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, file

Ahead of his meeting with President Trump in the White House on Friday, President Zelensky is demanding that his country be given security guarantees if a ceasefire with Russia is to be reached

“I wanted to have a sentence on security guarantees for Ukraine, and it’s important that it’s there. I want to find a NATO path or something similar. If we don’t get security guarantees, we won’t have a ceasefire, nothing will work, nothing,” Zelensky said. 

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