"Ukra Puts Security Over Territories in Ceasefire Negotiations"

While U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end the war between Russia and Ukraine as soon as possible, reports say Ukraine values security rather than territorial integrity in ceasefire negotiations.

The New York Times, a U.S. daily, quoted two high-ranking Ukrainian officials as saying on the 13th local time that Ukraine's interests in ceasefire negotiations depend not on the scope of its territory, but on security guarantees."Negotiations should be based on security guarantees," said Kostenko, head of Ukraine's parliament's defence intelligence committee, only

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Another senior Ukrainian official, who asked not to be named, also affirmed that "the territorial issue is extremely important, but it is still the second issue" and that "the top priority is security guarantees."

The New York Times noted that Russia has balked to the end when negotiating with Ukraine in 2022 on the condition that other countries defend Ukraine should it be attacked again.

At the same time, he predicted that if ceasefire negotiations begin, Kursk, the Russian mainland, where Ukrainian forces have advanced and occupied some of them, will be the subject of immediate discussion.

In the meantime, Trump is expected to soon name Ukraine's special envoy for peace to lead the end-of-war negotiations, Fox News said, citing several sources.

"A very high-level envoy, a highly respected figure," one source said.