Zelenskiy discusses US troop presence

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday Kyiv was discussing with Washington a possible presence of U.S. troops in Ukraine as part of security guarantees, and also raised what he called a faked attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin's residence.



Zelenskiy told the media in a WhatsApp chat that Kyiv was committed to continuing talks on how to end the war triggered ⁠by Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion and he was ready to meet Putin in any format.



U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he and Zelenskiy were "maybe very close" to an agreement to end the war although "thorny" territorial issues lingered.



He was more cautious than Zelenskiy on security guarantees, but said they were 95% of the way to such an agreement and that he expected European countries to "take over a big part" of that effort with U.S. backing.