Zelenskyy open to Western troops providing security for end to war in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks during his meeting with chairman of the German Christian Democratic Party Friedrich Merz in Kyiv, Ukraine (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he is open to the potential deployment of Western troops in Ukraine to guarantee the country’s security as part of a broad effort to end the almost three-year war with Russia.

The deployment would be a step toward Ukraine joining Nato, Mr Zelenskyy said in a post on his Telegram channel.