(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday after his meeting with US President Donald Trump and European leaders that security guarantees for Kyiv will likely be "formalised on paper within the next week to 10 days".
Trump told Zelenskiy on Monday that the United States would help guarantee Ukraine's security in any deal to end Russia's war there, though the extent of any assistance was not immediately clear.
"It is important that the United States is sending a clear signal that it will be among the countries helping to coordinate and will also be a participant in the security guarantees for Ukraine," Zelenskiy said at a news briefing outside the White House after his meetings there. "I believe this is a major step forward."
Zelenskiy said Ukraine was ready to meet with Russia and that territorial issues would be discussed on a bilateral level with Russian President Vladimir Putin – but no dates for a possible meeting with Moscow have been scheduled yet.
He added that a part of security guarantees for Ukraine is a package of US weapons "which primarily includes aircraft, air defence systems," among others.