U.S. President Donald Trump is prepared to offer Kyiv guarantees that Washington and Europe will regard an attack on Ukraine as an attack on the entire "transatlantic community," Axios reports.
U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for Ukraine includes security guarantees for Kyiv modeled after Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. These guarantees commit the U.S. and European allies to regard an attack on Ukraine as an attack on the entire "transatlantic community." This is according to a draft document obtained by the American portal Axios on Friday, November 21.
According to the report, this document supplements a 28-point plan that U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll delivered to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on November 20.
The publication states that the new document requires Ukraine to make "painful concessions," but also includes an "unprecedented promise." Zelensky's main goal during peace negotiations is to secure reliable security guarantees from the U.S. and Europe, and this is the first instance in which the White House is prepared to offer them, Axios notes.
New Document with Detailed Guarantees for Ukraine
The initial 28-point agreement stated that "Ukraine will receive reliable security guarantees," without details. In another draft that came into Axios's possession, it states that any future "significant, intentional, and prolonged armed attack" by Russia on Ukraine "will be considered an attack threatening the peace and security of the transatlantic community."
The U.S. and its allies are prepared to respond to this, including through military force, the text states. It notes that the security guarantees will be valid for 10 years and may be extended by mutual agreement. An Axios source indicated that the proposal will still be discussed with European partners and may undergo adjustments.
The new document contains lines for signatures from Ukraine, the U.S., the EU, NATO, and Russia. A senior White House official stated that Russia has been informed about this, but it remains unclear whether Vladimir Putin's signature will ultimately be required.
Russian President's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov stated on November 21 that Moscow had not been informed of Zelensky's agreement to negotiate a peace plan.
Whitcoff Discussed Security Guarantees with Umerov
The Trump administration views the proposed security guarantee as a "major victory" for Zelensky and for Ukraine's long-term security, added an Axios source.
U.S. Special Envoy Stephen Whitcoff, who led the work on the 28-point plan, discussed the proposed guarantees with the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, over the past weekend (November 15-16). On November 20, they were presented to Zelensky in written form, Axios reports.
28-Point Peace Plan
Earlier, on November 20, AFP reported that Ukraine is expected to make concessions to Russia within the framework of the new 28-point peace plan developed by the Trump administration. The second point of the plan stated that Ukraine, Russia, and the EU would conclude a "comprehensive non-aggression agreement," and "all disputed issues of the last 30 years will be considered resolved."
The Crimean Peninsula, Donetsk and Luhansk regions are to be recognized as de facto Russian, while the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions will be divided between Russia and Ukraine along the current front line, according to the plan. Both countries committed to not changing borders by force in the future. NATO troops are not to be stationed in Ukraine.
According to the proposed Trump plan, the U.S. and Europe are to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine. This same goal will utilize $100 billion of frozen Russian assets. At the same time, the document indicated that international sanctions on Russia would be gradually lifted, and Moscow and Washington would conclude an agreement on long-term economic cooperation.
The proposed Trump plan also included an immediate ceasefire after the signing of the peace agreement and a prisoner exchange in the format of "all for all." Compliance with the agreement will be monitored by a "peace council" led by Donald Trump, AFP noted.
