Lowering prices for Russian energy resources, particularly oil, is one of the most critical keys to achieving peace. The main priority is to maintain pressure on Russia without slowing down, stated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Europe, Ukraine and Zelenskyy
Trump has offered little insight into how he intends to fulfill his campaign pledge to end the fighting between Russia and Ukraine.
Ukrainian president calls on European politicians to “be more than just bystanders” who are “reduced to posting on X after an agreement has already been made.”
No less certain is what Trump will decide to do. Any plan to deploy European troops to Ukraine — especially NATO member countries — would likely need U.S. backing to be an effective deterrent. That would keep Trump involved in Europe, something he doesn’t want.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy considers the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) security guarantees for Ukraine the cheapest for Ukraine, Europe, the US
In his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that it is time for Europe to take its destiny into its own hands and become stronger and more capable of being as valuable an ally for the United States as the United States is for Europe.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy clarified regarding the possible number of peacekeepers in Ukraine that it should depend on the size of the Ukrainian
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Europe and the United States to work together to counter threats posed by Russia.
Last year, Mark Rutte attended the Davos gathering as Dutch prime minister while angling for his current job as secretary general of NATO, praising Trump for pushing Europeans to step up defense spending. That view — somewhat controversial then — is now widely accepted.
Kyiv's talks with its allies on a possible foreign troop contingent in Ukraine that would act as a security guarantee are only in their early stages and have not focused on specific numbers, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Ukraine's president, speaking at Davos, emphasizes the urgency of the need for security guarantees to protect Ukraine and the rest of Europe.