The United States can provide Ukraine with security guarantees similar to those provided for in Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, which will be approved by Congress and will have binding force.
Source: Axios with reference to an American official,”European Truth”
Details: As noted, negotiations on security guarantees that Ukraine will receive from the United States and Europe have achieved significant progress.
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An American official said that the Trump administration is ready to provide Ukraine with a guarantee based on NATO’s Article 5, which would be approved by Congress and would have legal force.
“We want to provide the Ukrainians with a security guarantee that, on the one hand, will not be a “blank check”, and on the other hand, will be strong enough. We are ready to send it to Congress for a vote,” the American official said.
He said there would be three separate agreements on peace, security guarantees and reconstruction, and that the latest talks gave Ukrainians “a full vision of the next day” for the first time.
According to a US official, negotiations on a post-war economic and reconstruction package are progressing well.
“When people see what they will get, not just what they will give, they are more willing to move forward,” he said.
“Under the current proposal, the war will end with Ukraine retaining sovereignty over 80% of its territory, receiving the largest and strongest security guarantee it has ever received, and receiving a very significant prosperity package,” the official added.
The Wall Street Journal wrote that the special envoy of the American President, Steve Witkoff, will meet with European leaders and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in Berlin.
The invitation to the Americans to meet in Berlin came after a tense phone call on Wednesday between Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer and Donald Trump, during which the sides tried to overcome differences over the direction of peace efforts.
Trump later acknowledged the controversy, saying there were “some pretty strong words” during the call, highlighting differences over the approach the United States supports.
