
As European leaders vowed to protect Ukraine against Russia in the future, including via military means, Zelenskyy hailed progress with the US in talks about security guarantees – but disagreements over territory remain.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed progress with US negotiators after two days of talks in Berlin as European leaders committed to coming to Kyiv’s aid in a future attack by Russia to end a cycle of aggression extending more than a decade.Still, questions remain about the future of Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia and the operational details of how security guarantees, particularly those provided by the US, would work in practice.
Europeans also welcomed the outcome of the meetings, after which they listed assistance measures that would encompass “armed force, intelligence and logistical assistance, economic and diplomatic actions”.

