Zelenskyy: US to hold consultations with some countries on monitoring ceasefire regime

The United States will hold consultations with Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and several European countries regarding the monitoring of the partial ceasefire regime.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted during a briefing on Friday that the US has informed Ukraine about its plans to hold the relevant consultations with certain states.

"We have learned that the American side will conduct consultations… with Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and also with some European countries regarding their readiness to conduct monitoring. I do not yet know the results of all the discussions – our American partners have not informed us about them so far – but they have stated this, and we have made it clear to them that without monitoring, the [partial ceasefire] will not work," he said.

Zelenskyy emphasised that monitoring is the most crucial issue and that he has asked Defence Minister Rustem Umierov to provide the American side with all the evidence of Russia violating its commitments.

"So far, there are no other third countries responsible for monitoring. For us, the main mediator is the United States of America," Zelenskyy noted.

Earlier, Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine would prepare evidence of Russia violating the ceasefire in the energy sector and provide it to the United States, expecting an appropriate response.

He had previously said that if Russia breaches the ceasefire, Ukraine expects action from the Trump administration, as the agreements were reached with it.