Zelenskyy claims US tied Ukraine security guarantees to giving up Donbas, White House denies

Zelenskyy claims US tied Ukraine security guarantees to giving up Donbas, White House denies

Kyiv warns move would threaten Europe as US official calls claim false

U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine are being tied to Kyiv ceding the eastern Donbas region to Russia as part of a potential peace deal, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. (Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine are being tied to Kyiv ceding the eastern Donbas region to Russia as part of a potential peace deal, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. (Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that abandoning Donbas would hand Russia heavily fortified Ukrainian defensive lines. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that abandoning Donbas would hand Russia heavily fortified Ukrainian defensive lines. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A cemetery worker prepares a burial vault at military cemetery outside of the city of Dnipro, Ukraine on May 25, 2023. (Seth Herald/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A cemetery worker prepares a burial vault at military cemetery outside of the city of Dnipro, Ukraine on May 25, 2023. (Seth Herald/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Service members of the strike UAV platoon of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces control an FPV drone with optical fibre guidance, with a parcel containing items attached, for delivery to their brothers‑in‑arms at a position in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Feb. 17, 2026. (Iryna Rybakova/Press Service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Reuters)

Service members of the strike UAV platoon of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces control an FPV drone with optical fibre guidance, with a parcel containing items attached, for delivery to their brothers‑in‑arms at a position in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Feb. 17, 2026. (Iryna Rybakova/Press Service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Reuters)

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