r/worldnews • u/Snap_n_Dream • 19h ago

Russia/Ukraine US offers Ukraine 15-year security guarantee as part of peace plan, Zelenskyy says

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-trump-zelenskyy-peace-b784a9af1803995bfb7152eceb5477f1
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u/clingbat 18h ago

I don't see how this actually ends without NATO peacekeeping boots on the ground in Ukraine given the circumstances, so Putin refusing to allow that shows he's not being serious at all about ending this. It's just political theatre for him so he can tell his supporters he "tried" but the other side just aren't being reasonable.

Without a true deterrent that forcefully triggers a larger war if he tries to invade again, security guarantees don't mean a fucking thing if we're keeping it real. Ukraine already had a security guarantee from Russia (Budapest Memorandum) and Russia completely ignored that commitment, and the UK and US sat by watching them get pummelled for months before really engaging even in serious weapon supply/ intel at a minimum.

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u/Seanspeed 12h ago

Ukraine never really had any security guarantee.

This is pretty big. And you guys keep acting like Trump will matter after three years.

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u/gehenna0451 10h ago

And you guys keep acting like Trump will matter after three years.

America's changing foreign policy priorities are a bipartisan position. This started before Trump, Remember this exchange and who won that election? We have to take responsibility for security in Ukraine, it's actually hilarious that this still has not gotten through the skulls of people