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Kyiv says Russia accepted US plan for Ukraine security

By AAP Newswire

Mar 1, 2026

A relative at the grave of a soldier killed during the war — Four years after Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine continues to pay a hefty toll. -AP

Russia said at recent talks in Geneva it would accept the ‌US proposal for Ukraine's post-war security guarantees, Ukrainian President Volodymyr ‌Zelenskiy's chief of staff says.

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"At the last talks, ‌the Russian side said for example that they would accept the security guarantees offered to Ukraine by the United States," said top aide Kyrylo Budanov in ‌an interview aired on ‌Ukrainian ⁠television on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump is urging Moscow and Kyiv to strike an agreement to end Europe's biggest war since 1945, though Zelenskiy has complained that his country is facing more pressure to make concessions.

Ukraine ⁠is seeking iron-clad security ‌guarantees which commit the US and its European allies to act if ‌Russia attacks again after a peace deal is reached.

"Russia must end its aggression against us – against Ukraine and against all of Europe. And security must be guaranteed," Zelinskiy said on X.

The last round of peace talks, which took place in Geneva last week, did not achieve a breakthrough and was described as difficult by Kyiv and ‌Moscow, although Washington said it saw "meaningful progress".

Budanov also said that at present, Russia had not agreed to a summit between Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which had been floated earlier as a possibility by US ⁠special envoy Steve Witkoff.