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US Special Messenger Steve Witcooff acts during the oath for Jeanne Pira as a US Prosecutor Prosecutor, which is accepted by US President Donald Trump in Washington’s White House, USA, May 28, 2025.
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Special messenger Steve Witcoof said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin The US and European countries agreed to give Ukraine a “article similar to defense” as a security guarantee to put an end to the war.
“We were able to win the following assignment: that the US could offer an article of the five-shaped defense, which is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be in NATO,” Vitkoff said on Sunday Sunday Cnn.
It was “the first time we heard the Russians agreed to it,” he continued.
Article 5 NATO states that “if an ally of NATO is a victim of an armed attack, every other member of the Alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack on all members and will accept in action that consider it necessary to assist the ally.”
Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission President said on Sunday that he welcomed security guarantees for Ukraine, and that “the European Union … ready to do its fate,” reports The story press.
Vitcoof’s remarks come a few days after the president Donald Trump He met in Alaska with Putin among the permanent war of his country with Ukraine. Trump and his administration welcomed Talking as “productive“But the details of the meeting were still scanty.
Trump, as a result of his meeting with Putin, repeatedly emphasized the need for an urgent, durable ceasefire in the war.
Negotiations did not bring such an agreement, provoking concern about officials in Ukraine and European countries that Trump was away from the goal.
In those days, Trump said, however, stated that the “best way” to end the war is “to go directly to a peace agreement.”
On Sunday, Vitcoof said that Trump and Putin “covered virtually all other issues necessary for a peaceful deal” during a long -standing meeting without giving additional details.
“We started seeing a certain moderation in how they think about reaching the final peace deal,” he said.
Trump should meet With Ukrainian President VolodyMyr Zelenskyy and European leaders Monday.
