The document that U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff will hand over to the Russian side outlines various types of security guarantees for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after talks in Oslo. He also announced that the early-warning system for ballistic missile attacks had been restored and that Ukraine had discussed Starlink, anti-ballistic missiles and intelligence sharing with the United States.
Zelenskyy said this while speaking to journalists in Oslo. Earlier on October 20, the President’s Office also reported that Zelenskyy had discussed these issues with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
According to the president, the U.S. side once again stressed during the talks that security guarantees for Ukraine must be strong.
“The document that Steve will hand over to the Russians outlines various types of security guarantees. After that, we will receive feedback from him,” Zelenskyy said.
Starlink, missiles and intelligence
Zelenskyy said he had a phone call with Marco Rubio while travelling to Oslo. The two discussed Starlink, anti-ballistic missiles and intelligence sharing.
“The conversation was very substantive and positive. We discussed the issues that we need to resolve. And we will resolve them, I am confident of that. We agreed that we may speak again in 48 hours,” the president said.
According to Zelenskyy, the early-warning system for Russian ballistic missile attacks is already operational again.
“This is very important for our people because we can know when Russian ballistic missiles are incoming,” Zelenskyy said.
The president described this as one of the positive signals from the U.S. side and said dialogue with Washington remained constructive.
Ukraine proposed an energy ceasefire
In another statement, Zelenskyy said the talks in Oslo also focused on ways to end the war. Witkoff attended the meeting, while Jared Kushner joined online.
According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine supported the U.S. proposal to halt strikes on energy facilities and is ready to refrain from attacking sensitive targets in Russia’s energy sector if Russia stops striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
“Putin said ‘no.’ But we are working to find a solution,” the president said.
One of the proposals discussed in Oslo is a potential trilateral meeting between the leaders of Ukraine, the United States and Russia.
“One of the important ideas is to move toward a potential trilateral meeting of the leaders to resolve issues that only leaders can resolve,” Zelenskyy said.
Witkoff is due to travel to Russia on October 21.
“Steve will go to Russia tomorrow. We will see what Putin says,” the president added.
Earlier, “Glavnoe in Ukraine” reported in Ukrainian that after the talks in Oslo, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was not losing the war but continued to lose people and time because of Russian attacks. The president stressed that the war must be ended as soon as possible.
