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One Minsk agreement is enough, I would say.


[DPA] The US government has asked Germany and other European allies to report possible contributions to security guarantees for Ukraine. According to information from the German Press Agency, the countries are to state, among other things, how many soldiers they could send to Ukraine for a peacekeeping force or training programs after the end of the Russian war of aggression. Weapon systems and the question of what is expected of the USA will also be discussed.
The background to the US request is obviously US President Donald Trump's plan to negotiate a solution to end the Russian war against Ukraine at a meeting with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. He expects that the Europeans will take responsibility for ensuring that Russia does not attack Ukraine again after a possible agreement.

According to diplomats, the question of what the Europeans can contribute to a possible peace deal will also be discussed at a meeting between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other European heads of state and government in Paris this Monday. They were surprised last week by Trump's push for talks with Putin and now fear that the Ukrainians could be forced to make concessions that they actually do not want to make. This includes, among other things, temporarily renouncing NATO membership. The USA has also already declared that it does not want to send troops to Ukraine itself.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference that he knew that the questionnaire existed. He had not seen it himself, but he could fully understand that it would help to focus the talks.