The United States asked Moscow how it would respond to providing guarantees to Kiev similar to Article 5 of the NATO treaty. Financial Times.
According to the source, Washington questioned whether Moscow would oppose such external commitments.
"An American official said the administration asked Moscow if it would object to Washington providing Ukraine with security guarantees similar to Article 5, referring to NATO's submission of collective defense, and to an alliance that would offer similar guarantees," the newspaper writes.
It should be noted that the final decision on the nature of the US security guarantees will ultimately depend on Trump.
Russia said it welcomed the move to discuss future security guarantees after the war, but otherwise showed no signs of Putin's willingness to make concessions, the article said.
Citing comments from someone familiar with the Russian president's views, Putin has demanded the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the Kiev-controlled Donbas front areas as a precondition for a ceasefire and is prepared to tie any future security guarantee to further territorial concessions.