US Proposed NATO-Style Joint Defence Guarantees for Kyiv, Say Sources
According to diplomatic reports, the United States has floated the idea of offering collective security guarantees to Ukraine—inspired by the NATO model but provided outside of formal NATO membership
The proposal emerged during the recent Alaska summit between Presidents Trump and Putin. Trump signaled willingness to back a framework in which Ukraine would benefit from mutual defense commitments akin to Article 5—where an attack on one is considered an attack on all—but without NATO accession
European leaders expressed cautious support for the approach, seeing it as a pragmatic way to bolster Ukraine’s security while avoiding the geopolitical complexities of formal NATO expansion
