PoliticsWar Brussels seeks to find out the EU’s function in a peace settlement in collaboration with Kyiv. Tuesday, March 11, 2025

The US insists that Europe ought to supply safety ensures for Ukraine. 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 by shut collaboration with Ukrainian officers. Concurrently, she emphasised that the strongest safety assure for Ukraine can be NATO membership, although that is presently unfeasible. As a substitute, the following precedence is a well-equipped Ukrainian army. Solely then can the main points of Europe’s ensures be addressed. “Now we have many productive discussions, and collectively we should discover the most effective resolution,” von der Leyen acknowledged. 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 can present these safety ensures. Nonetheless, the prospect of a peace settlement with Russia stays extremely unsure,” he remarked.