Zelenskiy seeks concrete western commitments before Ukraine peace deal

The Irish Times · Derek Gatopoulos ·

Three-way talks set to take place in Abu Dhabi next week between Ukraine, Russia and US

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said his government is looking for specific guarantees from western allies on how postwar security support would function when the nearly five-year war sparked by Russia’s full-scale invasion of his nation finally ends.

Zelenskiy’s comments in an interview came after two days of discussions among allies concluded in Brussels that focused on postwar security and reconstruction, and days before planned three-way talks next week in Abu Dhabi between Ukraine, Russia and the United States.

These talks will be the first trilateral peace discussions since February.

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