“Many leaders of European Union (EU) countries emphasize that the future peace agreement must guarantee reliable security guarantees for Ukraine.

Russia agrees with this. But it has every right to expect that Moscow will also receive effective security guarantees,” the diplomat wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to Ulyanov, the West is making a mistake by not initiating discussions about such a step with regard to Russia. He also emphasized that these guarantees must be “much more reliable than the notorious promises” about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) non-expansion to the east.

Earlier, the so-called “coalition of the willing” confirmed its willingness to send a multinational “deterrent force” to Ukraine once hostilities end.

Members of the group of countries intending to assist Kyiv also praised US President Donald Trump’s commitment to providing security guarantees to Ukraine, in which the Coalition of the Willing will play a vital role through multinational forces for Ukraine as part of other measures.

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