European security advisers discuss peace proposals in Ukraine ahead of leaders' summit [View all]
Source: AP
By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK
Updated 9:54 AM CST, January 3, 2026
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European national security advisers arrived in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss the latest peace proposals as a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine intensifies. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders meet next week.
“A busy working day lies ahead: security and economic issues, work on framework documents, coordination of further steps with partners,” Ukraine’s chief negotiator, Rustem Umerov, said in a post on X. He said representatives of Canada and NATO were attending, in addition to representatives of European countries and bodies.
Ukraine is coordinating security guarantee plans with European partners that would include a multilateral framework agreement involving Ukrainian forces as the first line of defense, European-led troops deployed in Ukraine and U.S. “backstop” support, according to Ukrainian negotiator Oleksandr Bevz.
Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Taras Kachka, said Saturday that international partners have reached consensus on an economic support package of about $800 billion for Ukraine over the next decade.
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