Zelenskyy demands ‘real security guarantees’ before peace talks

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy told US vice president JD Vance that Kyiv wants “real security guarantees” before any talks to end the war with Russia.

Speaking during a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was “very thankful” for US support. He added:

We need to speak more, to work more and to prepare the plan [for] how to stop [Vladimir] Putin and finish the work … We want peace very much, but we need real security guarantees.