Putin agrees that US, EU could offer NATO-style security guarantees to Ukraine, Trump envoy says

Earlier, Taoiseach Micheál Martin attended a meeting of support for Ukraine alongside the leaders of France, Germany, and the UK
Putin agrees that US, EU could offer NATO-style security guarantees to Ukraine, Trump envoy says

President Donald Trump listens to Vladimir Putin (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Special US envoy Steve Witkoff said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Donald Trump to allow the US and European allies to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling Nato’s collective defence mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the war.

“We were able to win the following concession: That the United States could offer Article 5-like protection, which is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be in Nato,” he said on CNN’s State Of The Union.

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