New US Security Pact for Ukraine Marks 'Zelensky’s Big Victory,' Officials Say

The United States passed Kyiv an additional document together with the peace plan, granting Ukraine security guarantees modeled on Article 5 of NATO. Under this principle, alliance members commit to a collective response if any state within the bloc comes under armed attack.

According to the new document, European countries acknowledge that “Ukraine’s security forms an integral part of Europe’s stability” and pledge to respond to any violation of that security. Washington confirms that a significant, deliberate, and prolonged armed assault on Ukraine by Russia “will be viewed as an attack threatening the peace and security of the transatlantic community.”

President Donald Trump delivered the document after consultations with Kyiv, European partners, and NATO. The agreement is designed for ten years with an option for renewal.

Washington Calls the Guarantees 'Zelensky’s Big Victory'

Sources within the US administration consider the security clause a “major victory” for President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“Trump’s plan demands painful concessions from Ukraine, yet it also includes an unprecedented promise. Zelensky’s central objective in the peace talks is to secure reliable security guarantees from the US and Europe, and Trump is prepared to grant them for the first time,”

the source said.

The Peace Plan: 28 Points and a Reshaped Strategic Landscape

The peace plan consists of 28 points. Aside from security guarantees for Kyiv, it includes Ukraine’s withdrawal of its NATO bid and a reduction in the size of its armed forces. The substance of the proposal was disclosed by Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko, who appears on the Russian financial-monitoring list of extremists and terrorists.

He claims the document calls for Ukraine to recognize Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk as Russian territories. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia would remain “frozen” along the line of contact, with both sides forbidden from altering borders by force.

Reconstruction Funds, Sanctions Relief, and New US–Russia Framework

According to the plan, NATO must refrain from deploying troops in Ukraine. The US and Europe would channel major investment into rebuilding the country. One hundred billion dollars in frozen Russian assets would go toward Ukraine’s reconstruction. Sanctions on Russia would be lifted gradually, Moscow would return to the G8, and long-term economic cooperation with the US would begin. Remaining frozen Russian assets would fund joint US–Russian development projects.

The plan also establishes a security dialogue among the US, NATO, and Russia, and Moscow would formally enshrine its policy of non-aggression toward Ukraine and Europe.

Under the proposal, Ukraine would hold national elections one hundred days after the signing of the peace agreement.