PoliticsWar Brussels seeks to find out the EU’s position in a peace settlement in collaboration with Kyiv. The US insists that Europe ought to supply safety ensures for Ukraine. Tuesday, March 11, 2025

European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen believes that the choice on what the EU can contribute in a future peace settlement for Ukraine will emerge via shut collaboration with Ukrainian officers. Concurrently, she emphasised that the strongest safety assure for Ukraine could be NATO membership, although that is at the moment unfeasible. As a substitute, the subsequent precedence is a well-equipped Ukrainian army. Solely then can the small print of Europe’s ensures be addressed.

“We have now many productive discussions, and collectively we should discover the very best answer,” von der Leyen said.

In the meantime, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asserts that Europe ought to take accountability for Ukraine’s safety ensures.

“Zelenskyy should acknowledge that it’s Europe that may present these safety ensures. Nonetheless, the prospect of a peace settlement with Russia stays extremely unsure,” he remarked.