WASHINGTON DC – A critical, high-stakes UN Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine is set to take place next Tuesday, diplomatic sources told Kyiv Post on Sunday, as global tensions over the ongoing conflict continue to mount. The meeting will focus on the maintenance of peace and security in Ukraine, with a specific emphasis on a request from Kyiv for security guarantees. Zelensky, Trump to meet amid sanctions talkThe Security Council meeting is not the only high-level engagement on the calendar. President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed he will meet with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on the sidelines of the UNGA. The flurry of diplomatic activity in New York next week, from the UN Security Council meeting to the highly anticipated one-on-one between Zelensky and Trump, highlights the international community’s renewed focus on ending the war in Ukraine.