US Extends Robust Security Guarantees to Ukraine as Part of Peace Negotiations

(Front row L-R) Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, US special envoy Steve Witkoff, the US President’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and (back row L-R) Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Netherland’s Prime Minister Dick Schoof and Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson pose for a family photo on Dec. 15, 2025 at the Chancellery in Berlin, where they meet for talks on how to end the grinding war of Russia with Ukraine. Kay Nietfeld/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—Substantial progress was made over the weekend in peace talks in Berlin aimed at ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, senior U.S. officials said on Monday.Speaking to reporters in a call, the officials said that the talks resulted in the strongest possible package, including “robust” security guarantees for Ukraine, similar to NATO’s Article 5 protections.