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Zelenskiy discusses US troop presence in Ukraine with Trump
Reuters ^ | December 30th, 2025 | By Olena Harmash

Posted on 12/30/2025 1:53:39 PM PST by Mariner

KYIV, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday Kyiv was discussing with Washington a possible presence of U.S. troops in Ukraine as part of security guarantees, and also raised what he called a faked attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin's residence.

Zelenskiy told the media in a WhatsApp chat that Kyiv was committed to continuing talks on how to end the war triggered by Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion and he was ready to meet Putin in any format.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he and Zelenskiy were "maybe very close" to an agreement to end the war although "thorny" territorial issues lingered. He was more cautious than Zelenskiy on security guarantees, but said they were 95% of the way to such an agreement and that he expected European countries to "take over a big part" of that effort with U.S. backing.

On Tuesday, Russia said its negotiating stance would toughen after it accused Kyiv of attacking one of Putin's Russian presidential residences - an allegation that Kyiv said was baseless and intended to scuttle arduous peace talks.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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Here it is again, the allusion to a US Military presence in Ukraine.

It would be the worst political mistake Donald Trump ever made.

1 posted on 12/30/2025 1:53:39 PM PST by Mariner
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America shouldn’t even be involved in the process.

Pull out everything — especially our money. let the Europeans negotiate peace, or fund war as they see fit.

PDJT needs to understand — he will never get the Nobel Prize.


2 posted on 12/30/2025 1:58:15 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Trump isn’t going to agree to US troops in Ukraine.


3 posted on 12/30/2025 2:01:29 PM PST by Kazan
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Do not beleive snything that the Z pervert says, NOTHING!!


4 posted on 12/30/2025 2:01:53 PM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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Zelensky and the EU want this war to go on and they desperately need to suck the US into the war in Ukraine

If we provide the kind of security guarantees Zelensky is pushing for then we will be at serious risk of being sucked into a war in the future


5 posted on 12/30/2025 2:01:55 PM PST by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead.l)
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To: Mariner

“Zelenskiy discusses US troop presence in Ukraine with Trump”.
Mr. President, please don’t send any American boy or even girl fighter over there.


6 posted on 12/30/2025 2:07:29 PM PST by kawhill (And the sea will bring each man new hope as sleep brings dreams of home. C.C.)
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President Trump is dealing with this in good faith. I will support his decisions.

As for the usual hysterics here, I assume Russia doesn’t want US troops on the border. They would be the best peace keeping presence possible, IF both sides wanted us. They won’t.


7 posted on 12/30/2025 2:10:31 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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Agreed. He best not put our troops anywhere in Ukraine.


8 posted on 12/30/2025 2:13:05 PM PST by ducttape45 (Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
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Davos Rooters Propaganda media twisting their narrative very hard.


9 posted on 12/30/2025 2:14:49 PM PST by PGR88
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“Zelenskiy discusses US troop presence in Ukraine with Trump”

i wonder if zelenskiy asked to borrow a load of tactical nukes while he was at it ...


10 posted on 12/30/2025 2:16:36 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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I have NO faith in ANY media outlet on the Ukraine.

However, if Trump gives in to the little fella with troops on the ground, then Trump may have lost his mind and it’s time for the 25th Amendment, although that wouldn’t do any good because with Vance’s background he would be putty in the hands of the neocon war machine.

Trump has rarely disappointed nearly always favoring populism over the elite establishment, so I take this story as a Reuters trial wet dream.


11 posted on 12/30/2025 2:17:09 PM PST by Biblebelter
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I would bet that the US already has “troops” in Uke in the form of advisors and spooks.


12 posted on 12/30/2025 2:17:54 PM PST by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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“I would bet that the US already has “troops” in Uke in the form of advisors and spooks.”

Probably.

But that is a far cry from flagged forces engaged in direct combat.


13 posted on 12/30/2025 2:20:03 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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14 posted on 12/30/2025 2:20:14 PM PST by Bikkuri
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15 posted on 12/30/2025 2:21:10 PM PST by Bikkuri
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Send in the Military to find and claw back the graft of US money sent.


16 posted on 12/30/2025 2:21:52 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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Just like we wouldn't want Russia on our border to prevent a war with Mexico (hypothetical)...
17 posted on 12/30/2025 2:22:55 PM PST by Bikkuri
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No US Troops to Ukraine! No, not never, not know how! Not in peace nor war! MAGA needs to come out and reject this idea.


18 posted on 12/30/2025 2:23:08 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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To: kawhill

Except vindman
Do send vindman.
Both of them


19 posted on 12/30/2025 2:23:45 PM PST by Z28.310 (Overthinkers Annonymous suggestion; "Do not comply with others". ..especially ClusterB's)
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We should also send all of the Somalis and other illegals.
That could help them repopulate too!


20 posted on 12/30/2025 2:25:06 PM PST by Bikkuri
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