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Zelensky to Fox News: Ukraine is ready to "freeze" the war along the current front line, followed by security guarantees

Place: Kyiv — WashingtonRegion: Ukraine-wide and the front lineautomatic summary

Russia : coveredUkraine : coveredIndependent : covered
discrepancy: wordingomission

Where the versions diverge

All three groups relay Zelensky's words the same way but place the emphasis differently. TASS headlines readiness for a deal involving the loss of territory and does not mention security guarantees; Ukrainian outlets and DW write about a freeze along the front line as the minimum demand on Russia, to be followed by security guarantees from the US and Europe.

What Russia reports

automatic summary TASS in English relays Zelensky's Fox News interview under a headline about Ukraine being ready for a peace deal involving the loss of territory: asked whether he would accept a deal that freezes everything "the way it is" with Kyiv keeping 75% of the country or more, Zelensky said yes and called a freeze a real way to end the war. In a separate item the agency quotes his words about 9.5 million Ukrainians abroad and adds data on Ukraine's population decline. TASS does not mention the security guarantees Zelensky named as the next step.

“Yes, right now we have to freeze, and I think this is a real way to end this war”

“Ukraine is ready to accept a peace deal involving the loss of territory”

“Some 9.5 million Ukrainians have left the country, Vladimir Zelensky told Fox News”

What Ukraine reports

automatic summary Suspilne, Ukrainska Pravda and RBC-Ukraine relay Zelensky's answer in the Fox News interview: freezing the war along the current front line is a "real way" to end it, it is the "minimum" Ukraine wants from Russia today, and then Kyiv will ask the US and the Europeans for security guarantees. The outlets highlight his words about a ceasefire, or "stopping the killing" as Trump puts it, and that the 9.5 million people who lost their homes and went abroad must return. Ukrainian headlines say nothing about a "loss of territory".

“Зараз нам треба зупинитися, і я вважаю, що це — справжній спосіб покласти край цій війні.”

Suspilne, original: Ukrainian

“І, звісно, це мінімум, чого ми сьогодні хочемо від Росії.”

“Так, просто зараз ми б могли все заморозити.”

What independent sources report

automatic summary DW relays the same words from the Fox News interview and spells out the host's question: fighting stops at the current positions and Ukraine keeps control of 75 percent of its territory or more. After a ceasefire Kyiv will turn to the US and European partners for security guarantees, and then the country will have to be rebuilt.

“Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский принял бы мирное соглашение”

DW (RU), original: Russian

“После прекращения огня Киев обратится к США и европейским партнерам за гарантиями безопасности, добавил украинский президент.”

DW (RU), original: Russian

Confirmation

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The event is reported by international or exile independent outlets and no contradictions in the facts between the groups were detected. This does not mean the independent outlets verified every detail.

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