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Polish PM Says US Has Pledged To Take Military Action Against Russia If It Violates Future Ukraine Ceasefire - News From Antiwar.com

US negotiators at Berlin talks assured military response to any Russian ceasefire breach, advancing NATO-like security guarantees for Ukraine, Poland supports eastern flank defense.

  • On December 16, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff was unequivocal that the United States would respond militarily if Russia broke a ceasefire after Berlin talks.
  • Amid December 15 Berlin talks, officials pushed proposals for NATO Article 5-style security guarantees, with Tusk saying ‘What is a breakthrough — by no means a guarantee of success — is the fact that perhaps for the first time it was so clearly visible that Americans, Europeans, and Ukraine are on the same side.’
  • Poland would secure NATO's eastern flank and serve as a logistics hub, citing Jasionka and Polish ports, while territorial concessions remain unresolved as Tusk said Poland would not pressure Kyiv.
  • European leaders agreed on security guarantees that include a European-led "multi-national force" to Ukraine and legally binding measures with U.S. support.
  • Tusk said a ceasefire before Christmas was very unlikely, and Moscow reiterated on Tuesday it would never accept NATO troop deployment, making a peace deal unlikely.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who participated in the Berlin peace summit, opened a prize in negotiations: a firm promise from the United States to respond to a new Russian attack on Ukraine.Tusk quoted US negotiators, including Steve Witkoff, who would have been "very clear in this sense: America will be involved in security guarantees for Ukraine, so that the Russians will have no doubt that, in the event of an armed conflict, the U.S. re…

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rbc.ua broke the news in on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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