Kyiv's delegation at a meeting with allies in London this week reaffirmed the principles on which talks on ending Russia's war in Ukraine are based, including never recognising any part of Ukrainian territory as Russian,

Kyiv is working with allies on security guarantees akin to NATO's mutual protection pledge, Ukraine's president Volodymr Zelensky has said. Officials from Ukraine and allies the U.S., the U.K., France and Germany met in London on Thursday in a week when a peace proposal was produced which outlined an Article 5-like agreement which would be backed by Washington.