Ukraine Secures US Backing For Security Guarantees As Putin Signals Shift In Alaska Talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday praised the United States’ decision to provide NATO-style security guarantees to Ukraine, calling it a significant step toward a potential peace agreement to end the ongoing conflict with Russia.

Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said the Russian side had agreed to the US offers of NATO-like protection to Ukraine, which would be in lieu of Ukraine seeking NATO membership. He said it was “the first time we had ever heard the Russians agree to that."

“We agreed to robust security guarantees that I would describe as game-changing," Witkoff told CNN’s ‘State of the Union’, describing the security guarantee as an “Article 5" type protection against further Russian invasion. Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty states that an attack on any member is considered an attack on all.