US asks Europeans for contributions to Ukraine guarantees


FILE PHOTO: Finnish President Alexander Stubb gives a speech at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland January 1, 2025. Lehtikuva/Markku Ulander/via REUTERS/File Photo

MUNICH (Reuters) - The United States has asked European nations what they can contribute in terms of security guarantees for Ukraine, Finland's president said on Saturday, amid escalating diplomatic efforts to find ways to end the three-year war with Russia.

Earlier, four European sources said the U.S. had sent a document asking questions that included possible future troop contributions, with two of the sources adding that it had been sent earlier this week.

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