26 Nations Pledge Post-War Security Guarantees for Ukraine

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Published SEP 4 2025

26 Nations Pledge Post-War Security Guarantees for Ukraine

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Above: Emmanuel Macron greets Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Elysee presidential palace on Sept. 3, 2025. Image credit: Antoine Gyori/Corbis/Getty Images

The Spin

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X Time Magazine EuroNews

Foreign military intervention in Ukrainian territory remains completely unacceptable and undermines genuine peace efforts between Russia and the West. These deployment plans essentially guarantee continued conflict by creating a permanent Western military presence on Russia's border. Such arrangements violate the principle of Ukrainian sovereignty by turning the country into a Western military outpost.

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Iz.ru TASS

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 37% chance that Ukraine will conclude a peace treaty with the Russian Federation by the end of 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.