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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said connected Sunday (January 25, 2026) that a U.S. information guarantees papers for Ukraine is “100% ready” aft 2 days of talks involving representatives from Ukraine, the U.S., and Russia.
Speaking to journalists successful Vilnius during a sojourn to Lithuania, Mr. Zelenskyy said Ukraine is waiting for its partners to acceptable a signing date, aft which the papers would spell to the U.S. Congress and Ukrainian parliament for ratification.
Mr. Zelenskyy besides emphasized Ukraine's propulsion for European Union rank by 2027, calling it an “economic information guarantee.”
The Ukrainian person described the talks successful Abu Dhabi, the superior of the United Arab Emirates, arsenic apt the archetypal trilateral format successful “quite a agelong while” that included not lone diplomats but subject representatives from each 3 sides. The talks, which began connected Friday (January 23) and continued connected Saturday (January 24), were the latest aiming to extremity Russia's astir four-year full-scale invasion.
Mr. Zelenskyy acknowledged cardinal differences betwixt Ukrainian and Russian positions, reaffirming territorial issues arsenic a large sticking point.
“Our presumption regarding our territory — Ukraine's territorial integrity — indispensable beryllium respected,” helium said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed a Ukraine colony with U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during marathon talks precocious connected Thursday (January 22). The Kremlin insisted that to scope a bid deal, Kyiv indispensable retreat its troops from the areas successful the eastbound that Russia illegally annexed but has not afloat captured.
Mr. Zelenskyy said the U.S. is trying to find a compromise, but that “all sides indispensable beryllium acceptable for compromise.” Negotiators volition instrumentality to the UAE connected Feb. 1 for the adjacent circular of talks, according to a U.S. official. The caller talks covered a wide scope of subject and economical matters and included the anticipation of a ceasefire earlier a deal, the authoritative said. There was not yet an statement connected a last model for oversight and cognition of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is occupied by Russia and is the largest successful Europe.
