Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed the importance of security guarantees for Kyiv in any discussion of a settlement of the nearly three-year-old war against Russia.

The secretary made the statement during a visit to Bratislava, Slovakia. “Reliable security guarantees provided by European countries require support from the United States, not necessarily with ground forces,

NATO chief Mark Rutte said that any European security guarantees for Ukraine in a potential peace agreement with Russia would require backing from

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday targeted bank regulators, rocket scientists and tax enforcers for dismissal as a federal judge gave him the green light to continue with the unprecedented remaking of the U.S. civil service - at least for now.

The deployment of Western troops to Ukraine can hardly be considered a security guarantee. Throughout history, there was not a single country where the introduction of peacekeepers truly "worked," Kyrylo Budanov,

Europe will invest more in security and lead on providing guarantees to Kyiv, but cooperation with Washington to secure peace remains crucial, European leaders said after an emergency meeting held ahead of U.

By Andrew Gray, Lili Bayer and John Irish MUNICH (Reuters) - Europe won't have a seat at the table for Ukraine peace talks, Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy said on Saturday, after Washington sent a questionnaire to European capitals to ask what they could contribute to security guarantees for Kyiv.