Zelenskyy Says US Troops Must Be Part of Any Peacekeeping Force in Ukraine

U.S. troops must be part of any Ukraine peacekeeping mission, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Bloomberg.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 8, 2025. Alina Smutko/Reuters

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Jan. 22 that any international peacekeeping force to deploy in Ukraine as part of an eventual peace deal would need to include American troops.

Zelenskyy made the remarks in a Jan. 22 interview with Bloomberg in Davos, Switzerland, in which the Ukrainian leader explicitly called for an international peacekeeping force to secure a potential cease-fire with Russia.