US, Russia Agreed on Ukraine Security Pledges, Witkoff Says (3)

Aug. 17, 2025, 5:13 PM UTC

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed at their summit in Alaska last week that the US would be able to offer security guarantees to Ukraine, according to Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy, even as many details of Friday’s meeting remain unclear.

“We got to an agreement that the US and other nations could effectively offer Article 5-like language to Ukraine,” Witkoff said on CNN’s State of the Union, referring to the NATO provision that says if one ally is attacked, it is considered an attack on all member states.

Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio fanned out across ...

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