US sets security guarantees for Ukraine for 15 years, while Zelensky wants more

Although the US security guarantees for Ukraine have been “100% agreed,” they have a short expiration date, Euronews writes, citing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

US security guarantees for Ukraine have been outlined for a period of 15 years, with the possibility of extension, Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on Monday, providing more details about what was discussed and agreed at his meeting with US President Donald Trump on Sunday in Florida.

During the joint press conference after the talks at Mar-a-Lago, the Ukrainian president said that the US security guarantees for Ukraine were “100% agreed”.

“We have great achievements, the 20-point peace plan is 90% agreed and US-Ukraine security guarantees are 100% agreed,” Zelensky told reporters. “US, Europe and Ukraine security guarantees are almost agreed. The military dimension is 100% agreed.”

He later explained to a group of journalists that the guarantees are indeed “strong, although “for now, they are not permanent.”

“I told [Trump] that the war has been going on for almost 15 years, and we would really like the guarantees to be longer,” Zelensky said.

“I told him that we would like to consider guarantees for 30, 40, or even 50 years, and that would be a historic decision by President Trump. The president said he would think about it.”

Zelensky added that “without security guarantees, realistically, this war will not end.”