
Zelenskyy: US security pact text ready

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a United States document outlining security guarantees for Ukraine is fully prepared, with Kyiv now awaiting confirmation of the time and location for its signing, as diplomatic efforts to end the war continue. Speaking on Sunday (Monday AEDT), Zelenskyy indicated that weekend negotiations involving Ukrainian and Russian representatives in Abu Dhabi, alongside U.S. mediators, had yielded some progress, even though no agreement was finalised. "For us, security guarantees are first and foremost guarantees of security from the United States. The document is 100% ready, and we are waiting for our partners to confirm the date and place when we will sign it," Zelenskyy told a news conference during a visit to Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. "The document will then be sent for ratification to the U.S. Congress and the Ukrainian parliament," he said. The comments come as diplomatic channels remain active nearly four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine triggered the ongoing conflict. On Friday and Saturday, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met in Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral talks that included U.S. mediators, focusing on Washington’s proposed framework a







