Trump Putin Steve Wittouf Ukraine security guarantees

Special envoy Steve Witkev He said on Sunday Russian president Vladimir Putin He agreed to allow the United States and European countries to grant Ukraine “protection similar to Article 5” as a security guarantee to put an end to the war.

“We managed to win the following privilege: that the United States can provide a five -like protection, which is one of the real reasons behind Ukraine’s desire for NATO,” Witkov said on Sunday. CNN.

This was the first time that we heard the Russians agreed to this. “

Article 5 of NATO says, “If the NATO ally is a victim of an armed attack, then every other member of the coalition will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the measures that it considers necessary to help the ally who attacked,” says Article 5 of NATO.

European Commission President Ursula von der Layen said on Sunday that she welcomed the security guarantees of Ukraine, and that “the European Union … is ready to conduct its share,” he said, according to what he said. Associated Press.

Witkoff comments come a few days after the president Donald Trump He met Alaska with Putin amid his country’s continuous war with Ukraine. Trump praised and managed Talks in the name of “fruitful“But the details of the meeting were so far.

Trump, in the period before his meeting with Putin, has repeatedly emphasized the need for a long -term ceasefire in the war.

The talks did not result in such an agreement, which caused anxiety between officials in Ukraine and the European countries that Trump was away from the goal.

In the days after the talks, Trump said that “the best way” to end the war is “going directly to the peace agreement.”

On Sunday said that Trump and Putin “covered all other issues necessary for a peace agreement” during their meeting for hours, without providing additional details.

“We started to see some moderation in the way they think about reaching a final peace agreement,” he said.

Trump is scheduled to meet With the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders on monday.