Ukraine, U.S. agree on postwar military support document – General Staff
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Meeting with security advisors from European countries, Canada, and officials from NATO, the European Council, and the European Commission in Kyiv on January 3 (Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS)
Ukraine and the United States have agreed at the general staff level on a military document that includes support for Ukraine's Armed Forces after peace is achieved, Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Andrii Hnatov said on Jan. 3, news agency RBC-Ukraine reported.
The document consists of four sections and four appendices.
"All these sections cover how Ukraine and the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be supported, their provision, recovery, modernization, how monitoring of agreement compliance will be conducted, and what reactions there will be if violations of the agreement are detected from either side," Hnatov said following a meeting with national security advisers from European countries in Kyiv.
Hnatov noted that work is underway on a similar document with other Ukrainian partners. The General Staff chief added that one section of the document concerns the activities of the "coalition of the willing."
Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a "coalition of the willing" meeting at the national security advisers level would take place in Ukraine on Jan. 3, and a leaders-level meeting on Jan. 6.
He also announced a Jan. 5 meeting of general staff chiefs to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine.
On Dec. 30, while speaking to journalists, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said security guarantees for Ukraine include creating an international monitoring mission to technically oversee a cease-fire regime and prevent Russian provocations.
According to the president, monitoring should begin simultaneously with a ceasefire, involving partners with necessary intelligence capabilities.
In his New Year's video address on Dec. 31, Zelenskyy stressed that security guarantees for Ukraine must be ratified by all partners.
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