Ukrainian President Zelenskyy presses Western allies for clear postwar security guarantees

CTV News · The Associated Press · 2026-11-06 11:06 UTC

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government is looking for specific guarantees from Western allies on how post-war security support would function when the nearly-five-year war sparked by Russia’s full-scale invasion of his nation finally ends.

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government is looking for specific guarantees from Western allies on how post-war security support would function when the nearly-five-year war sparked by Russia’s full-scale invasion of his nation finally ends.

Zelenskyy’s comments in an interview aired late Thursday came after two days of discussions among allies concluded in Brussels that focused on post-war security and reconstruction, and days before planned three-way talks next week in Abu Dhabi between Ukraine, Russia and the United States, the first trilateral peace discussions since February.

While talks on the contours of peace continue, the grim reality of war remained front and center Friday in Ukraine, with more Russian drone attacks and a rising death toll from Moscow’s guided bomb strike Monday on a former school operating as a humanitarian aid distribution center.

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