US has advised Ukraine to sign a peace agreement with Russia in order to receive security guarantees, according to a source

To get U.S. security guarantees, the US has told Ukraine that it needs to agree to a peace deal with Russia, a person familiar with the talks told Reuters on Tuesday.

Ukraine thinks that U.S. security promises are essential for any deal that ends Russia’s four-year invasion of Ukraine. The US helped set up talks between Russia and Ukraine’s envoys in Abu Dhabi over the weekend. U.S. sources said the talks made progress toward an agreement.

According to the Financial Times, the Trump administration has told Ukraine that if it wants U.S. security guarantees, it needs to agree to a peace deal that probably means giving up the Donbas area to Russia.

But the person who spoke to Reuters said that the US isn’t telling Ukraine what needs to be in the peace deal and that it’s not true that Washington is trying to force Ukraine to give up land to Russia.

Russia and Ukraine’s negotiators will meet again on Sunday in Abu Dhabi. U.S. officials may also be there. After the talks last weekend, U.S. representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were hopeful that a deal could be made soon.

On Sunday, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, said that a U.S. document to guarantee Ukraine’s safety was “100% ready.” Kyiv is now looking for a time and place to sign it.

Zelenskiy has said over and over that any peace deal to end the war must protect Ukraine’s territorial identity.

A senior Ukrainian official told the Financial Times that Ukraine is becoming less sure that Washington will keep its promise to provide security. The official said that the U.S. “stops each time the security guarantees can be signed.”

The Kremlin said on Monday that the issue of territory would stay central to any agreement to end the fighting in Ukraine, according to TASS. This came after talks in Abu Dhabi over the weekend.