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Zelenskiy Backs Freezing Ukraine Front Lines, Seeks US Security Guarantees After Talks
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Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready to freeze current front line to pursue a ceasefire. He demands security guarantees from United States and allies before negotiations.
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Freeze front, seek guarantees
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he is willing to agree to a ceasefire that would “freeze” the current front lines in the war with Russia as an initial step toward a definitive halt to the conflict.
Zelenskiy told Fox News that he would accept an agreement that leaves the current border lines, with Ukraine retaining 75% or more of its territory, and he said, “At this moment we must freeze the map of Ukraine; I think that is the real way to end this war.”
Zelenskiy insisted that Ukraine would then seek security guarantees from the United States and its allies, and he framed the approach as “a ceasefire or stopping the deaths, as the president (Donald) Trump called it: ‘freeze and stop,’”
Kremlin international affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said Putin is willing “to resume tripartite negotiations around November 10” on “the creation of a security system for Russia and Ukraine at the end of the conflict,” after a meeting in St. Petersburg with White House envoy Steve Witkoff.
Witkoff said the resumption of talks “will be received, without a doubt, with great satisfaction by President Donald Trump.”
Oslo meeting, Fox interview
Zelenskiy described his meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo as “productive,” and he said the discussions focused on possible steps toward peace and expressed hope that Witkoff’s meeting in Russia would yield feedback.
Zelenskiy told Fox’s “Fox & Friends” programme that it would be “important to negotiate trilaterally” with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, and he said it would be better if European countries could also be included.
Zelenskiy rejected a suggestion to surrender Donbas, saying Moscow was seeking to pressure Kyiv into withdrawing from its territory, and he claimed, “In 2026, they didn't have success. They are not winning on the battlefield.”
Zelenskiy also warned that the Ukrainian side must be included in any conversation, insisting, “We are open to negotiating in any format and on any issue, but please, don’t speak about us without us.”
Ushakov said Putin heard the “new postures and ideas” agreed by Kyiv and the Europeans in the Norwegian capital, while also saying there were “not many useful things” in the context of the Ukraine settlement process.
What talks could change
Zelenskiy said potential initial steps toward de-escalation could include ceasefires covering food security, maritime activity and energy infrastructure, and he said he had immediately supported the idea of an energy ceasefire raised by Donald Trump. Zelenskiy tied any ceasefire to security guarantees, saying such guarantees would mean Ukrainians are not “afraid... that occupation will come back, aggression will come back, killings will come back.” Zelenskiy also said he hoped restrictions affecting satellite services used by Ukrainian armed forces would be lifted soon, and he said both Starlink and Starshield services remained “still limited.”
The Kremlin spokesperson said Putin informed Witkoff that, in principle, he is prepared to resume tripartite negotiations around November 10 on “the most important issue: the creation of a security system for Russia and Ukraine at the end of the conflict,” and Ushakov added that there were “new postures and ideas” from Kyiv and the Europeans. Zelenskiy warned that negotiations that do not include Ukraine would be unacceptable, and he insisted that Ukraine must have a seat at any negotiations while it seeks security guarantees from Washington and European allies.