Witkoff: The US and Russia agreed on game-changing security guarantees — U.S. Article Five-style protection.
Russia will have to codify in law that it won’t seize more Ukrainian territory or violate European countries’ sovereignty [except that it did this many times already] 1/
Q: Is Ukraine ceding all of Donbas on the table?
Witkoff: 5 regions have always been the crux of the deal. Russia made some concessions on all 5.
Donetsk is key — that will be discussed Monday with Zelenskyy and European leaders. 2/
Witkoff: President Trump can't agree to any land swap — that’s for the Ukrainians, and they’ve made that clear.
He respects that, which is why we’re moving quickly to Monday’s Oval Office meeting with Zelenskyy. 3X
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Concrete outcomes after Zelenskyy’s meeting with Trump, Interview
1. Security 2. Trump called Putin. Russia proposed: 1) Ukraine–Russia next 2) Trilateral 3. Return of children — thanks that Melania is on our side 4. “All for all” exchange — Trump will personally help 1/
Zelenskyy: Ukraine is ready for any formats, without preconditions. We want the war to end, not just pause.
2/
Zelenskyy: This was the first opportunity to talk to Trump about such things.
We showed: in 1000 days the Russian army captured less than 1%.
For us the focus is on truth and reality — this shows the balance of strength between Russia and Ukraine.
3/
Rutte: Today it was clear only Ukraine’s president will discuss territory with Putin. For Ukraine to consider this, the US, Europe and others need clarity on security guarantees.
A breakthrough is the US agreeing to join, with its level of involvement to be discussed. 1/
Rutte: Trump sent lethal weapons to Ukraine paid by Europeans, put tariffs on India, pushed security guarantees, planned virtual meeting with leaders, got Putin to agree to meet Zelenskyy before the trilateral.
A very successful day toward ending the war. 2/
Rutte: Led by Starmer and Macron, 30 countries including Japan and Australia worked on security guarantees after a ceasefire or peace deal.
The US now wants in, details soon. Guarantees are key for Ukraine to decide on territory and stop Putin from invading again. 3/