Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, not pictured, hold a joint news conference at Roma Convention Center La Nuvola on July 10, 2025, in Rome. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images/TNS)
(Tribune News Service) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “all the developments” to set up security guarantees for a post-war Ukraine will be “ready in the coming days.”
“At present, the teams of Ukraine, the United States, and European partners are working on their architecture,” Zelenskiy said in an X post after a phone call with Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schoof.
The Dutch leader had been scheduled to visit Kyiv on Saturday but postponed the trip due to a political crisis in the Netherlands.
“There is now a real chance to end this war, and Ukraine is ready for constructive steps that can bring true peace closer,” said Zelenskyy, adding that Russia “is showing no intention of peace on its side.”
In his own post on X, Schoof said the Netherlands will do “everything to put an end to Russia’s aggression.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin “must now come to the negotiating table as soon as possible,” Schoof said.
Separately on Saturday, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said on local television that it was unlikely Putin would meet with Zelenskyy soon. The patience of U.S. President Donald Trump, who’s attempting to broker an end to the three-and-a-half-year war, is wearing thin, Stubb said.
Zelenskyy also spoke on Saturday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. “It is important that the Global South sends relevant signals and pushes Russia toward peace,” Zelenskyy said on X.
Kyiv started work on security proposals after meetings in Washington with Trump and European leaders, including Stubb, on Aug. 18. Speaking to reporters the day after, Zelenskyy said the effort mustn’t be dragged out, and that the outlines should be “clearer within seven to 10 days.”
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced on Friday while in Kyiv that there’ll be “two layers” to the proposals. The first would concern strengthening Ukraine’s armed force, with the second related to guarantees provided by Europe and the U.S.
Ukraine and its allies are working to make sure the security guarantees are at a level that Putin would never drive to attack Ukraine again, Rutte said a joint press conference with Zelenskyy.
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