Zelensky Says U.S.–Ukraine Security Pact Is Finalized, Awaiting Trump’s Go-Ahead
Kyiv says the signing will proceed once the U.S. president sets the time and place.
Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said the bilateral security agreement is complete and that he is waiting for President Trump to name a date and location for the signing.
- Zelensky said the separate reconstruction and economic package discussed in Davos is not yet ready.
- He added that follow-on technical documents are expected and that the pact would require ratification by the U.S. Congress and Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada.
- A first Russia–U.S.–Ukraine security working-group session is expected in Abu Dhabi with military representatives, according to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov.
- Politico, as cited by RIA, reported that European leaders have urged Washington to include a military component in the guarantees, while Moscow warns any NATO troop presence in Ukraine would be unacceptable and escalatory.