NYT: Kiev called the most important issue in the negotiations

A senior Ukrainian official said that for Kiev, security guarantees are more important than the territorial issue in the context of possible truce talks amid Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, the New York Times reports.

"The territorial issue is extremely important, but this is still the second issue... the first issue is security guarantees," the newspaper quoted the official as saying.

According to the official, Kiev would like to ensure that any ceasefire line does not It would damage Ukraine's economic recovery, for example, by making industrial areas unsafe for investment, the newspaper writes. The width of the demilitarized zone will also be important for Kiev, the newspaper adds.

According to the newspaper, Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Roman Kostenko said that negotiations should be based on guarantees, since "nothing is more important for Ukraine." At the same time, he noted that Kiev would not officially abandon claims to territories under the control of the Russian Federation, the publication indicates.

Donald Trump had previously promised that he would be able to achieve a negotiated settlement of the Ukrainian conflict. In addition, he has repeatedly stated that he will be able to resolve the conflict on Ukraine in one day. In Russia, they believe that this is too complicated a problem for such a simple solution.