
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a freeze on the front is a necessary step to end the conflict, while calling for international security guarantees.
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The conflict in Ukraine continues with intense fighting on the front. Volodymyr Zelensky seeks international security guarantees.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared on Wednesday October 21 that it was necessary to freeze the front as a first step in discussions to end the war.
“Now we have to freeze the situation, and I think that’s the real way to end this war. Call it a ceasefire or a stop to the killing, as President Trump said, a freeze, a stop. This is the minimum we expect from Russia today,” the Ukrainian president said in an interview on Fox News. “Then, of course, we will address the president and the Europeans, and we will ask them for security guarantees.”
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