Donald Trump's special envoy said Russia had agreed to allow the US and
Europe to give Ukraine robust security guarantees as part of a potential peace
deal.
According to Steve Witkoff it was agreed at the Alaska summit that the US and
Europe could effectively offer Article 5-like language to cover a security
guarantee, referring to Nato's principle that an attack on one member is an
attack on all.
Putin has long opposed Ukraine joining Nato, and Witkoff said the arrangement
could be an alternative if the Ukrainians can live with it.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky described the US's security
guarantee offer as historic ahead of talks with Trump and European leaders on
Monday.
Speaking ahead of his visit to Washington DC, Zelensky said any guarantee
must really be very practical, delivering protection on land, in the air, and at sea,
and must be developed with Europe's participation.
Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel
Macron, Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, European Commission
President Ursula von der Leyen and Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte are
set to join Zelensky in Washington on Monday.
The move however comes after Putin reportedly presented Trump with a peace
offer in Alaska on Friday that would require Ukraine withdrawing from the
Donetsk region of the Donbas, in return for Russia freezing the front lines in
Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
