President Volodymyr Zelensky said he could meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin only after security guarantees that deter future attacks on Ukraine. Allies are scrambling to provide post-war protection to Ukraine after President Trump held summits with Putin and Zelensky in Alaska and Washington. Russia says its exclusion from discussions on future security guarantees for Ukraine would prove to be a “utopia and road to nowhere” n18oc_world n18oc_crux