President Donald Trump’s administration will present a long-awaited plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference in Germany next week, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Keith Kellogg, the US President’s Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia, will present the plan at the conference on 14-16 February in the Bavarian city, a week before the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine on 24 February. In recent weeks, Keith Kellogg and others have hinted at what Trump’s allies call achieving ‘peace through strength’.
Its elements include potentially freezing the conflict and allowing Russian troops to leave occupied territory of Ukraine, while providing Ukraine with security guarantees to prevent Russia from attacking again.
Earlier, President Zelenskyy said that the best guarantee is Ukraine’s membership in NATO.
‘NATO is a guarantee that Putin is unlikely to attack us again. NATO is a guarantee for NATO countries that they will be reinforced by a Ukrainian contingent of hundreds of thousands of people. And this is a strong NATO army. This is very important for everyone. For the Russians, NATO is a guarantee that Ukraine will not eventually go to war with them, but will resolve all issues exclusively through diplomacy. That’s why I said that NATO is a guarantee for everyone. It is stable and cheaper,’ Zelenskyy said.
He also stressed that the United States, Europe and Russia should be present at Ukraine’s peace talks.
‘I really hope that Ukraine, America, Europe and the Russians will be present at the negotiations. I would very much like to see the European voice there as well. It is important for us because we will be members of the European Union,’ the President said.
At the same time, he noted that he could not yet say clearly what the structure of the negotiation process would be, as there was no general plan yet.
Zelenskyy also stressed that Ukraine considers the ‘peace formula’ as its action plan, as it spells out what constitutes a just peace for Ukraine. At the same time, Zelenskyy expressed confidence that US President Donald Trump has a ‘great chance’ of succeeding in ending the war, but this can be done ‘only with Ukraine’.
Source: The Gaze
