U.S Officials Say Washington Agreed to Give Ukraine Security Guarantees in Peace Talks

The officials said talks with President Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, led to narrowing differences on security guarantees that Kyiv said must be provided, as well as Moscow´s contentious demand that Ukraine concede land in the eastern Donbas region.

Trump was expected to dial into a dinner Monday evening with negotiators and European leaders, and more talks are likely this weekend in Miami or elsewhere in the United States, according to the U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly by the White House.

The U.S. officials said the offer of security guarantees won’t be on the table “forever.” They said the Trump administration plans to put forward the agreement on security guarantees for Senate approval, although they didn´t specify whether it would be ratified like a treaty, which needs the chamber’s two-thirds approval.

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