US now better understands Ukraine's red lines – Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that talks between Ukrainian and US negotiating teams have helped Washington better understand which compromises Kyiv is not prepared to make in any "peace deal".

Source: Zelenskyy speaking to journalists, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Zelenskyy said that "we really needed" the meetings between Ukrainian representatives and US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Quote: "I think our meetings helped them understand many details: on security guarantees, including legal support for those guarantees and what we need; on the risks of an arrangement with the Russians, because it may exist today but not work tomorrow; and, to be honest, what our people are like."

More details: Zelenskyy added that on "sensitive matters" such as territories and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), US representatives now have a "deeper [understanding of] all these issues after our meetings".

Background:

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that he is meeting US President Donald Trump on Sunday 28 December.
• CNN reported earlier that European officials are privately expecting a positive outcome from the meeting between the US and Ukrainian presidents on 28 December but are preparing for unpredictable scenarios.
• Trump told Politico earlier that he expects the meeting is "going to go good " but warned that Zelenskyy "doesn't have anything until I approve it".

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