Ukrainian prezident volodymyr Zelenskyj He said on Friday that Russia is doing everything possible to avoid meeting the head of Kremlin Vladimir Putin. At the same time He called on the Allies of Ukraine to impose new sanctions on Moscow if he really does not show a willingness to end his invasion. Greeding in Kiev said at a joint press conference with NATO Secretary -General Mark Ruttem, TASR reports according to the Reuters report.
Zelenskyj said that With Ruttem, they discussed security guarantees for Ukraine by other countries, which he believes should be similar to Article No. 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. The so -called. Collective defense, in which the attack on one of the members of the Alliance is considered an attack on all, and they will then help the contested state, recalls TASR.
Rutte According to AFP, he also called on strong security guarantees for Ukraine to ensure that Russia will comply with a possible peace agreement and “will never try to occupy a single square kilometer again”. “Strong security guarantees will be necessary and we are working on it now,” added NATO chief.
Greens said that security guarantees should consist of what partners can give Ukraine, as well as what the army should be in Ukraine after the war. At the same time, however, he added that it was too early to know who can contribute what to contribute – soldiers, news information or finances.
Rutte also said it is “too early to talk about what the result will be. But the US will clearly engage.” “We do not want the repetition of the Budapest Memorandum or the Minsk Agreements,” added.
At the time of Rutte’s visit in Kiev, the alarm sirens sounded a raid. AFP informs that in this context that In recent days, Russia has intensified attacks by drones and missiles to Ukraine, and the US intermediary efforts seem to be failing to end the war.
