Zelenskiy Says US Must Be Part of Ukraine Peacekeeping Force

Ukrainian president aims to win US support before Putin talks
Zelenskiy speaks in Bloomberg Television interview from Davos

WATCH: Zelenskiy says any potential peacekeeping force, if it were to be deployed, must include the participation of US troops. Source: Bloomberg

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By Aliaksandr Kudrytski and Daryna Krasnolutska

January 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC

Updated on

January 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM UTC

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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said any effective peacekeeping force deployed in Ukraine will need to include US troops, as he appealed to Donald Trump ahead of talks with Russia.

In an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, Zelenskiy said that his European allies don’t have enough soldiers to pose a realistic deterrent to President Vladimir Putin and any other solution would risk opening up divisions within the NATO alliance.