Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed the importance of security guarantees for Kyiv in any discussion of a settlement of the nearly three-year-old war against Russia.

NATO chief Mark Rutte said that any European security guarantees for Ukraine in a potential peace agreement with Russia would require backing from

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, focusing on the importance of security guarantees for Ukraine. — Ukrinform.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that a U.S. security commitment was the only way to ensure lasting peace in Ukraine and it was too early to say how many British peacekeeping troops he would be willing to deploy.

The meeting between Vance and Zelensky produced no major announcements detailing the way out of the deadliest war in Europe since World War II.

At last week’s Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, newly minted U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the position of the U.S. government was that Ukraine will not join NATO.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday (February 17) that there must be a U.S. security commitment for European countries to send postwar peacekeeping forces to Ukraine. US says will levy tariffs on Mexico,

Ukraine must have reliable security guarantees in any ceasefire deal to prevent another invasion by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said, according to Sky News.