Location at a glance: Three and a half years of war: Waiting for security guarantees

Three and a half years after the start of the Russian invasion of his country, the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj assumes that security guarantees will be agreed for the time after the war in the coming days. “The teams of Ukraine, the United States and the European partner are currently working on their design. All developments will be completed in the coming days,” wrote Selenskyj on the X.

Exactly three and a half years ago, on February 24, 2022, Russia started his war of attack. Today, independence day is also committed in Ukraine. It is reminiscent of the detachment from the Soviet Union 34 years ago.

Advice on security guarantees

Since the meeting of Selenskyj and top European politician with US President Donald Trump in Washington Last Monday, advisable how military security guarantees could look like for Ukraine. It is about strengthening Ukrainian defense ability, but also about possible troops in or close to Ukraine for protection. The main load would bear the European NATO members, including Germany.

Selenskyj continued that there is now a real chance to end this war. Ukraine is ready for constructive steps that could bring a real peace closer. However, Russia shows no intention to make peace and continue to bomb Ukrainian cities. “Pressure is needed to change your position and a meeting at the highest level to discuss all questions.”

Russian army continues

Meanwhile, the Russian army continues its advance in eastern Ukraine and complains to conquer other towns.

Ukraine also continues to shoot targets in Russia. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on Saturday he intercepted and destroyed 57 Ukrainian drones in Russian regions. Among other things, the areas of Brjansk, Kaluga, Kursk and Moscow are affected. The damage and victims as a result of the Ukrainian attacks are of no relation to the many dead and injured as well as severe destruction by the Russian attacks.

Report: Pentagon blocks the use of rockets on targets in Russia

The “Wall Street Journal” reported, citing US officials that Pentagon has been blocking long-range missiles by Ukraine for attacks on targets in Russia for months. Since late spring, Ukraine has prevented an approval procedure from the Ministry of Defense from using the ATACMS rockets delivered by the USA against goals in Russia, the officials are cited. At least once, Ukraine tried to use these rockets against a goal on Russian territory, but this was rejected.

Under President Joe Biden, the USA of Ukraine had allowed attacks with far -reaching weapons against military objects in Russia last year. Trump had posted last week that it was very difficult, if not impossible to win a war without attacking the invasor country.

Hopes for Putin and Selenskyj’s sooner meeting

Meanwhile, the hopes for a top meeting of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin and Selenskyj are disappearing. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had told the US television channel NBC that Putin was ready to meet Selenskyj if a agenda was prepared for the summit, “and this agenda is not yet finished”. Among the points that should be clarified before such a meeting were regional abductions and a Ukrainian waiver of membership in the western military alliance. “Selenskyj said no to everything,” said Lawrow.

US President Trump had spoken out for such a meeting on the end of the Russian war of aggression. Russia has almost completely taken the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk in the course of the invasion of the invasion three and a half years ago and partially took the Donetsk, Saporischschja and Cherson areas claimed by the Kremlin. To freeze the front of the front in Saporischschja and Cherson, Putin demands a complete task of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Russia, which was also used by Moscow, has been checked by Moscow since 2014.