Rubio: the West will give Ukraine only the security guarantees Russia agrees to

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the West will be able to provide Ukraine only with such security guarantees as Russia will agree to. He said this to journalists in Paris, commenting on preparations for the upcoming trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi.

According to Rubio, ending the war will ultimately depend on whether Kyiv can feel secure after it ends. The Secretary of State emphasized that Russia’s consent is necessary for such agreements to be workable, and repeated this point separately. He called the upcoming negotiations critically important.

Russia does not accept Ukraine’s NATO membership or the deployment of foreign troops on its territory as guarantees. In addition, Russia wants to first agree on security guarantees for all parties and only after that move to a ceasefire.

At the same time, Western publications report that a ceasefire in Ukraine will not be the topic of the negotiations in Abu Dhabi. The European Union has already stated that it is against discussing a new security architecture before a ceasefire in Ukraine.