Ukraine drops NATO bid: Will Kyiv get security guarantees from the West?

Trump offered Kyiv ‘platinum’ NATO-style security guarantees. Does that mean the U.S. is prepared to go war for Ukraine?

A breakthrough in Berlin? On December 14–15, during talks between U.S. and Ukrainian delegations in Berlin, the two countries reached a compromise on one of Kyiv’s most critical issues: security guarantees. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team had been pressing Washington for such guarantees since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House in early 2025 and began pushing for a peace deal. For a long time, however, the…

Ukraine drops NATO bid: Will Kyiv get security guarantees from the West?

President Zelenskyy’s comments mark a major shift for Ukraine, which has fought hard to join NATO in recent years.