The USA wanted to be paid in order to offer Ukraine security guarantees

From UNIAN:

"The US wanted compensation for security guarantees for Ukraine, says Zelenskyy 

Nikita Shenderovsky, 24.12.25 

The US plan to end the war in Ukraine included a clause compensating Washington for providing Kyiv with security guarantees, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters. 

"It stated here: the US will receive compensation for security guarantees. We simply don't understand what that means, and we're raising this issue. Now it's been deleted," Zelenskyy said."