US could provide security guarantees for Ukraine

President Donald Trump has told European and Ukrainian leaders that the U.S. is willing to contribute security guarantees for Ukraine — with some conditions, according to three people familiar with the conversation.

1news.media informs, citing Politico, the discussion took place as part of a German-arranged virtual meeting Wednesday aimed to coordinate American and European positions before Trump’s Friday summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The three people — a European diplomat, a British official and a person briefed on the call — all said the U.S. was willing to play some sort of role in providing Kyiv with the means to deter future Russian aggression if a ceasefire is reached. The person briefed on the call said that Trump said he would only make such a commitment if the effort is not part of NATO.

Trump’s openness to such guarantees — a key demand for both Ukraine and Europe — help explain the cautious optimism European officials have expressed after the conversation and ahead of Friday’s meeting. Trump did not specify what he meant by security guarantees and only discussed the broader concept, the person briefed on the call said.

Trump recognizes that an American security guarantee must be part of a final settlement and sees the U.S. as playing a role in that, the British official said.