Ukrainian Security Guarantees would Include Purchase of $90 Billion of American Weapons, says Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that negotiations with US President Donald Trump and European leaders at the White House covered options for Ukraine to buy $90 billion worth of American weapons, financed by European allies, as part of the country's defense guarantees, media reported.

Zelensky further on Monday said the other part of the guarantees would be that Ukraine would manufacture drones, some of which the US would purchase. Speaking during a news conference after the White House meeting, he stressed that the plan is still open for negotiation and no official agreement has yet been reached.

"The agreement will be formalised over the next week or 10 days," Zelensky said.

A document shared with allied nations and cited by a leading daily reportedly also includes a $50 billion deal for drone production with US partners. This package was circulated ahead of Zelensky’s meeting with Trump in Washington.

Kyiv’s proposal is designed to appeal to Trump’s focus on economic benefits for American industry. When asked about future assistance, Trump told reporters, “We’re not giving anything. We’re selling weapons.”

The paper emphasizes that "a lasting peace shall be based not on concessions and free gifts to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, but on [a] strong security framework that will prevent future aggression."

Ukraine has dismissed Russia's offer to freeze the frontline in return for pulling troops out of some areas of Donetsk and Luhansk, claiming concessions would open the door for Moscow to make further gains in the nation.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who addressed Zelensky and Trump in Washington, emphasized that there should be a ceasefire first. "I can't imagine that the next meeting would take place without a ceasefire," he insisted, urging more pressure on Moscow.

The Ukrainian paper also demands that Russia pay Kyiv for war losses, possibly from $300 billion worth of frozen Russian assets in Western nations. It makes it conditional that any sanctions relief should be preceded by Moscow's adherence to a peace deal.

These ideas come in the wake of Trump's Alaska summit with Putin, during which the US President used the words "great progress" but admitted that there was no agreement made to put an end to the war.