What security guarantees might Ukraine get in return for a peace deal? | Ukraine
European leaders organize a virtual conference meeting to discuss which security guarantees to Ukraine in case of a peace agreement with Russia. The debate comes together at the White House, hosted by Donald Trump on Monday. He met with US President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and held talks with Britain’s Keir Starmer and the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, Finland, European Union and NATO. The main issue was how the continent could end the war in Ukraine since 1945 and how Europe could prevent Russia from attacking Russia again.
Which security guarantees can Ukraine get?
Zelenskyy said that the details would be working from a week to 10 days and that they would be “officially officially on paper.” 30 countries, called the coalition of those who want, are unclear what it means with some help from the US. After his meeting on Monday, Donald Trump and Zelenskyy, who spoke with European leaders in the White House, said that his support could take many forms.
It can be one of them prysutnist (Ukrainian word of being), that is, troops will provide. Intelligence, as well as providing security in the air and the Black Sea. Instead, he said he could provide funds.
The key question is that European governments are willing to participate in the task of protecting peace in Ukraine? Britain and France, as part of the “assurance power” said they are ready to send troops. Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, said, “We have to help Ukraine.” Germany is more skeptical. Many details have not yet been solved. Are Western troops deployed along the ceasefire line or give a more limited education role in big cities such as Kiev and Lviv? And if the Russian fire entered under which participation rules would have?
How can the US contribute?
Trump promised to coordinate a European -led peace protection operation in Ukraine. “When it comes to security, there will be a lot of help,” he said on Monday with Zelenskyy in his Oval office. The US President announced that European countries will be expected to carry most of the burden. “They are the first line of defense because they are there. But we will help them,” he said.
Ukraine wants to buy a US weapon of $ 90 billion and says they can create a part of the security guarantee. In general, however, Trump was uncertain about how much the US would contribute. He excluded Ukraine’s NATO membership, NATO membership, which Kyiv would be the best deterrent against a future Russian attack. It seems that there is no possibility that the United States will send its own troops to participate in a peace protection task. Pentagon’s proposed “sky shield” will be a realistic option for logistics support. The plan foresees the center of Ukraine, including an air protection zone in the West and the capital Kiev, which is implemented by the European Fighter Aircraft.
What does Russia say?
According to Trump, Vladimir Putin admitted that Ukraine required security guarantees during the summits in Alaska. Trump’s special ambassador Steve Witkoff said that they would be outside NATO’s protection, but NATO would be the equivalent of the self -defense agreement 5, where an attack was considered an attack on everyone. However, Russia’s interpretation of guarantees seems different from the version of Witkoff. The Kremlin says he is categorically opposed to Western troops in Ukraine. As a part of any agreement, it is unlikely to accept peace protection.
In the meantime, Putin’s war goals are unchanged and framed in terms of Russia’s own existential security needs. It is demanding all Donetsk and Luhansk provinces, including the region where Russia cannot be captured since 2014. Putin also wants Ukraine’s “demilitring and denazification ında, which means“ serious limits in the size of Kiev’s army and the abolition of Zelenskyy. Intense diplomacy of the last few days may seem like progressing. But Russia’s basic position has not changed. it looks.
What does history tell us?
We were here before. In 1994, Kyiv agreed to give up its nuclear weapons in exchange for international security security. In accordance with the memorandum of Budapest, the United States, Russia, England, China and France said that they would ensure the “regional integrity” and “political independence of Ukraine. And “use and avoiding the threat of power”.
Ukrainian politicians thought that giving up the country’s nuclear arsenal left it open to the Russian attack. The Clinton administration insisted. In May 1997, Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a friendship agreement with Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian counterpart. Russia recognized Ukraine’s post -Soviet borders. As a part of the agreement, Kiev gave Moscow most of his navy and rented the Sevastopol port of Crimea for 20 years to the Russians.
Both agreements did not stop Russian aggression. In 2014, Kremlin used its troops in the Crimea to seize and annex the peninsula. Putin now says that Ukraine is “historical Russia .. Ukraine’s betrayal experience-20. With the promise that he proves to be worthless at the end of the century-this time means that he will want a better warranty.
