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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged European nations to deploy a peacekeeping force of at least 200,000 personnel to prevent further Russian aggression after any potential ceasefire, speaking during an interview in Davos on January 21, 2025.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called for a minimum of 200,000 European peacekeepers to ensure security following any potential ceasefire with Russia, citing the scale of the threat posed by Moscow’s armed forces.
In an interview with Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Zelenskiy stressed the critical need for robust security guarantees. "From all the Europeans? 200,000, it's a minimum. It's a minimum, otherwise it's nothing," he said. "Otherwise, it is something like we had OSCE, and nobody knew where they could help you. They just had offices – and that’s all."
The proposed figure, comparable to the size of France’s armed forces, highlights Ukraine's concerns about countering Russia’s military strength, which is estimated at 1.5 million personnel. Ukraine’s own armed forces are approximately half that size.
NATO and the Trump Meeting
Zelenskiy revealed ongoing efforts to secure a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, who recently returned to office. "The teams have been working on a meeting; they are currently in the process," he said.
Zelenskiy also commented on Ukraine’s NATO aspirations, emphasising the decisive role Trump could play. "If Trump is ready to see Ukraine in NATO – we will be in NATO. All the members will be in favour of it. If President Trump is not ready to see us in NATO – we won’t be in NATO," Zelenskiy remarked.
Firm Stance on Occupied Territories
Reiterating Ukraine’s position on Russian-occupied territories, Zelenskiy declared there would be no legal recognition of those areas as Russian under any circumstances. "Legally, we won’t recognize – no matter what anybody wants, even if all the allies of the world unite. We will always consider those territories occupied by Russia until we come back there," he stated.
The remarks underline Ukraine's unwavering commitment to reclaiming its territories and seeking long-term security guarantees amid the ongoing conflict.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
The newly elected mayor of Herdecke in northwestern Germany, Social Democrat Iris Stalzer, was seriously injured in a knife attack near her home by an unknown assailant or assailants.
Conor McGregor has been issued an 18-month suspension for breaching the UFC’s anti-doping regulations after missing three scheduled drug tests in 2024, according to a statement released by Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) on Tuesday.
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa’s vehicle was attacked on Tuesday as his convoy travelled through Cañar province, where protesters demonstrating against the government’s decision to lift fuel subsidies threw rocks and other objects at his car.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha met on Tuesday with a delegation from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, marking the first visit to Ukraine by the group’s president, Pere Joan Pons.
The European Parliament has passed new legislation making it easier to suspend visa-free travel for nationals of third countries found to violate human rights or ignore international court rulings.
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