Instead, he recalled a summit in Geneva five months ago when Ukraine's foreign minister met his Russian counterpart alongside the representatives of America and the EU, thereby strengthening Kiev's position. "The idea of having the peaceful solution is a valid one, but to execute and implement this idea we need to have sitting at the table the US and the EU. We need to get some guarantees," said Mr Yatsenyuk. "We need to have appropriate guarantees of Ukrainian sovereignty and independence."