Ukraine can count on US participation in a security pledge similar to NATO's mutual defence commitment, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday at a press briefing with the Ukrainian president.

Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the U.S. and Europe to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's collective defense mandate.

President Donald Trump supports Russian leader Vladimir Putin's proposal for Moscow to take full control of the Donbas and freeze the front lines elsewhere for a deal with Ukraine.

The protections that the US and Europe would be able to provide to Ukraine are similar to NATO's collective defense mandate.

Envoy Steve Witkoff said Russia would also make a legislative commitment not to go after any additional territory in Ukraine.

President Trump’s break from a strategy agreed to with European allies could give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia an edge as talks to end the fighting continue.