The United States may offer Ukraine security guarantees similar to those envisaged under Article 5 of the NATO Treaty which would be approved by Congress and be legally binding.

Source: Axios, citing a senior US official, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Negotiations on the security guarantees to be provided to Ukraine by the United States and Europe have made considerable progress.

Quote: "We want to give the Ukrainians a security guarantee that will not be a blank cheque on the one hand but will be strong enough on the other hand. We are willing to send it to Congress to vote on it."

Details: The official said that three separate agreements would be concluded on peace, security guarantees and reconstruction, and that the latest talks had for the first time given the Ukrainians a "full day-after vision".

The US official said negotiations on a post-war economic and reconstruction package are going well.

Quote: "When people see what they are going to get and not only what they are going to give they are more willing to move forward.

According to the current proposal the war will end with Ukraine keeping the sovereignty over 80% of its territory, will get the biggest and strongest security guarantee it has ever got and will get a very significant prosperity package."

Background:

• The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin.
• The invitation for US representatives to attend the Berlin meeting followed a tense phone call on Wednesday between Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer and Donald Trump, during which the sides sought to overcome differences over the direction of peace efforts.
• Trump later acknowledged there had been disagreements, saying that "pretty strong words" were exchanged during the conversation, highlighting differences over the approach supported by the US.

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