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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in his evening address on Monday that Ukraine urgently needs security guarantees to achieve a "real and fair peace."
“Today, at the staff meeting, we addressed some special issues concerning our state’s resilience. We are working through all possible scenarios to protect Ukraine.
The primary scenario is to maintain our positions and create conditions for proper diplomacy, ensuring that this war ends as soon as possible with a decent peace. We need peace, real, fair peace, not an endless war. And we need security guarantees,” Zelenskyy said.
The Ukrainian leader emphasized that the lack of security guarantees over the past 11 years has contributed to Russia’s aggression.
“The lack of security guarantees for Ukraine 11 years ago allowed Russia to begin with the occupation of Crimea and the war in Donbas. Later, the absence of security guarantees enabled Russia to launch a full-scale invasion. And now, due to the lack of clear security guarantees, Russia is keeping this war ongoing. The whole world sees this, and the whole world acknowledges it,” he noted.
Zelenskyy also highlighted ongoing diplomatic efforts to establish a new security architecture for Ukraine and Europe.
"Today, we continued our work with European partners on a special diplomatic and security architecture, an architecture that can bring peace closer. This is something we discussed in London recently and before that with many world leaders. Ukraine, all of Europe, and America, together, we can ensure decades of stability. To achieve this, we must be constructive, work together, complement each other’s proposals, and accelerate diplomacy to end the war," he stated.
Zelenskyy attended a weekend meeting with Ukraine’s European allies to discuss potential solutions for ending the war. This came just two days after his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House ended in tense exchanges.
Meanwhile, Trump announced on Monday that he would provide an update on the Ukraine minerals deal on Tuesday (March 4) night. He also remarked that Zelenskyy should be more appreciative of Washington’s support.
Leaders of countries from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have agreed to hold coordinated population censuses around 2030. They took the decision at the CIS Council of Heads of State meeting in Awaza, Turkmenistan on Friday, media reported.
Britain and Israel have reached a temporary compromise over the future of the British Consulate General in East Jerusalem, easing a diplomatic dispute that had threatened to further strain relations between the two countries.
South African judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday “for her efforts to promote peace and international law,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
The Nobel Peace Prize 2026 will be announced on Friday, 9 October, bringing one of the world's most closely watched awards back into focus.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday (9 October) escalating tensions with European allies and potentially targeting companies that provide services to the tribunal. The move came hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize.
A powerful explosion has been reported at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, raising fresh concerns over aviation security in Saudi Arabia as tensions across the region continue to escalate.
Turkic states are assessing the feasibility of passport-free travel between countries using national ID cards, Kürşad Zorlu, the Deputy Chairman of Türkiye’s ruling AK Party said on Saturday.
European Union measures suspending import duties on 80 per cent of Armenian exports to the bloc came into effect on Saturday. The temporary liberalisation measures are aimed at supporting Armenian producers and exporters following trade restrictions imposed on the country's products by Russia.
Georgia is enjoying one of its biggest and highest-quality grape harvests since independence. By 6 October, growers in the country's main wine-producing region, Kakheti, had delivered 182,210 tonnes of grapes, with 99 per cent rated medium or high quality, despite recent protests over prices.
Uzbekistan has unveiled plans to deepen economic ties with Central Asia and Azerbaijan, proposing shared artificial intelligence infrastructure, a critical minerals alliance and a regional trade strategy extending to 2035.
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