BERLIN — U.S. envoys signaled they are ready to give Ukraine guarantees for a future peace deal that correspond to the same levels of security as Article 5 in the NATO alliance, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday.
Article 5 is the bedrock of NATO as it guarantees collective security, ensuring that all members should respond to an attack on one member as if it were an attack against them.
“We have now heard from the U.S. side that they are ready to give us security guarantees that correspond to Article 5,” Zelenskyy said in the chancellery in Berlin.
Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner attended a major diplomatic gathering in Berlin on Monday to try agree joint positions before any peace talks with Russia.
Speaking after Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also hailed the commitments from the U.S. delegation.
“This is a truly far-reaching and substantial agreement, which we have not had before, namely, that both Europe and the U.S. are jointly prepared—and President Zelenskyy has referred to Article 5 of the NATO Treaty — to give similar security guarantees to Ukraine,” Merz said.
“In my view, this is a really big step forward. And, as I said, the American side has also committed itself politically and, in perspective, legally to do this,” he added.
This story is being updated.
