India, Aug. 18 -- Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday hailed the United States' offer of security guarantees as a "historic decision", a day before his meeting with US President Donald Trump.

This comes after US envoy Steve Witkoff hinted that the US was prepared to commit to security guarantees.

"Security guarantees as a result of our joint work must be truly very practical and provide protection on land, in the air, and at sea, and must also be developed with Europe's participation," Zelensky said.

He further called the "coalition of the willing" meeting on Sunday "very useful". The meeting, held via video conferencing, was attended by a group of Ukraine's allies, including Britain, France and Germany.

Zelensky said that ...