In late December 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke about the possibility of deploying American troops to Ukraine. Zelenskiy, in a WhatsApp message, described a U.S. troop presence as a major security boost for Kyiv.
The discussions, held across Kyiv and Washington, D.C., are part of ongoing talks about security guarantees amid the war, and there has been no formal agreement announced yet. Reuters reported on the exchange, with other outlets such as Newsweek, Yahoo News, Telegraph, and YouTube coverage tracking the evolving conversation.
While the talks explore how a security guarantee might be structured and under what conditions U.S. forces could be deployed, Kyiv and Washington remain cautious about proceeding without a clear framework. If realized, the deployment would represent a significant shift in the war’s security architecture.