Reuters: Trump offered security guarantees to Ukraine and Russia

During talks with Vladimir Zelensky at the White House, Donald Trump expressed the idea of providing security guarantees not only to Kiev, but also Russia. Reuters found out about this on October 20.

"Trump talked about security guarantees for both sides, which confused the Ukrainians," the agency's sources said.

It is noted that during the talks, Trump also called on Zelensky to make territorial concessions to Russia as part of a potential settlement of the conflict.

The meeting of the presidents was held at the White House on October 17. Trump expressed hope for the end of the conflict on Ukraine without transferring Tomahawk missiles to Kiev.

On October 19, The Financial Times reported that during the meeting, Trump expressed his dissatisfaction, and subsequently dropped the cards of hostilities that Zelensky brought from the table. FT noted that the US president repeatedly cited the theses voiced during his telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which took place earlier.