Zelensky Asked Trump for 50-Year Ukraine Security Guarantee

Zelensky said the issue of giving up land and the future of Moscow’s occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant remain key unresolved issues of the US-backed plan to put an end to the war.

He shared that he considered the presence of international troops in Ukraine a necessary part of any US guarantee, a proposition that has been rejected in the past.

During his high-profile meeting with Trump recently, he shared that it was time the US stepped up and provided his nation with a security guarantee in the form of protection from US troops.

This protection would last for 50 years, but the news didn’t sit down too well with the US, which shared that it was willing to do that for 15 years, to ensure peace and stability in the region.

Zelensky added that without any kind of security or protection guarantee, they cannot consider the end of the war.

“I told him that we really want to consider the chance of 30, 40, 50 years”- he revealed. ‘The president shared how he would like to think about it!’

December 28, 2025 — Trump and Zelensky meet

• Zelensky’s visit: President Donald Trump says negotiators are getting “closer” to a Ukraine peace deal after he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Florida resort today, though he acknowledged that “thorny issues” remain and declined to provide a concrete timeline for when they might be resolved.

• Next steps: Any deal would need buy-in from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who spoke with Trump by phone today and is expected to hold another call with him. US and Ukrainian teams could meet again as early as next week to finalize remaining points in the peace plan, Zelensky said.

• Massive Russian attack: The latest flurry of US diplomacy comes shortly after Russia launched the year’s longest sustained assault on Kyiv, killing at least two people, wounding dozens and leaving many without residential heating amid freezing temperatures in the Ukrainian capital.