Kyiv, March 1 -- While acknowledging that Washington is "extremely important" for Kyiv in all aspects, Ukrainian MP Vadym Halaichuk emphasised the need for "security arrangements" and "security guarantees" before signing on to any ceasefire deal with Russia, which he said, wasn't present in the deal presented by US President Donald Trump.

In an interview with ANI, the Ukrainian MP stressed that Kyiv can't risk signing anything which doesn't provide it with "sufficient guarantees" for the future.

He also lamented the Budapest Memorandum signed in 1994, under which Kyiv had to give up its nuclear arsenal, and termed it a "worthless paper".

The Budapest Memorandum prohibited the US, the UK and Russia from using military force against Ukra...