Ukraine seeks US security guarantees as Russian strikes disrupt heating and power

Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a US security guarantee document was essentially ready for finalisation with Donald Trump as Russian missile attacks on energy infrastructure left hundreds of thousands of households without heating, water, or power in parts of Ukraine.
Ukraine seeks US security guarantees as Russian strikes disrupt heating and power
A What happened
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a bilateral document on US security guarantees for Ukraine was essentially ready for finalisation with US President Donald Trump, based on negotiations in Paris involving US and European teams. Zelenskyy said the US side would engage with Russia and Ukraine expected feedback on whether Russia was genuinely willing to end the war. Russia rejected a Paris-linked plan for European peacekeepers in Ukraine as “militaristic” and warned such units would be treated as legitimate military targets. Russian missile attacks on energy infrastructure left Ukrainian authorities working to restore heating and water to hundreds of thousands of households in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions, and about 600,000 households in Dnipropetrovsk region remained without power, according to DTEK.
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Key insights

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    Security guarantees positioned as central to a settlement: Zelenskyy said the security guarantee document was a cornerstone of any settlement to end the war and would support Ukraine if Russia invaded again.

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    Russia issued a direct warning on peacekeepers: Maria Zakharova said any European peacekeeping units and facilities in Ukraine would be considered legitimate military targets for the Russian Armed Forces.

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    Energy strikes cited as reason to increase pressure on Russia: Zelenskyy called for pressure on Russia to increase after missile attacks on energy infrastructure disrupted heating, water, and power.

Takeaways

Negotiations over US security guarantees and European peacekeeping plans continued while Russian strikes on energy infrastructure caused large-scale outages in parts of Ukraine.

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World & Politics International Affairs Diplomacy Conflicts Law & Public Safety Public Safety

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