An end to the war in Ukraine inched closer last night after Donald Trump pledged the US would be “involved” in security guarantees to keep a peace deal in place – but refused to back an immediate ceasefire.
The US president and Volodymyr Zelensky said for the first time they were ready to hold three-way talks with Vladimir Putin to discuss a lasting settlement to end the fighting.
Trump suggested that the US military would provide support for security guarantees – one of the key demands of Ukraine and Keir Starmer – but insisted that European countries would need to take the lead.
In stark contrast to their angry confrontation at the Oval Office six months ago, Trump and Zelensky made a convivial joint appearance as they shook hands and even laughed over the Ukraine leader’s decision to wear a suit this time.
Trump said he believed there was a “reasonable chance of ending the war” and would be speaking to Putin by phone after the talks with Zelensky and seven European leaders including Starmer.
Yet hopes of the Ukraine president and his European allies to get Trump to agree to an immediate ceasefire, pending detailed peace negotiations, fell flat after the US president said “we can work a deal, we’re working on a peace deal while they’re fighting”.
Downing Street earlier suggested the UK could drop its calls for a ceasefire.
The US president had also earlier rebuffed calls by Ukraine and European countries for Kyiv to be able to join Nato.
Trump has previously stopped short of offering US troops involvement in overseeing a peace deal, something that the so-called coalition of the willing, led by Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron, have called for.
But a sign that the US position had shifted emerged on Sunday when Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said the US and Europe would be “potentially prepared to be able to give Article 5 security guarantees”.
This would be instead of Nato membership, which under Article 5 means an attack on one country would invite a joint response, but be “Nato-like” protection, Witkoff said.
European leaders join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in talks with US President Donald Trump as they try to find a way to end Russia’s offensive (Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty)Asked whether the US would provide troops as part of security guarantees, Trump told reporters at the Oval Office: “We will let you know later today. When it comes to security there’s going to be a lot of help, it’s going to be good, they are the first line of defence because they’re there, they’re Europe, but we’re going to help them out also, we’ll be involved.”
He added: “We will give them very good protection, very good security, that’s part of it. And the people [European leaders] that are waiting for us, I think they’re very likeminded, they want to help out also.
“I don’t know whether you can define it that way but Nato-like? We are going to give people waiting in another room right now, they want to give protection and they feel very strongly about it, and we will help them out with that, I think it’s very important, I think it’s very important to get the deal done.”
Zelensky made clear he wanted to have US military involvement in overseeing a peace deal, saying the security guarantees “depends on big countries, on the United States, a lot of our friends”.
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Asked about the potential for a ceasefire in the conflict, Trump said: “I don’t think you’d need a ceasefire.
“If you look at the six deals that I settled this year, they were all at war – I didn’t do any ceasefires.
“I know that it might be good to have, but I can also understand, strategically, one country or the other wouldn’t want it. You have a ceasefire, and they rebuild and rebuild and rebuild and, you know, maybe they don’t want that.”
Trump added: “I like the concept of a ceasefire for one reason, because you’d stop killing people immediately, as opposed to in two weeks or one week, or whatever it takes.
“But we can work a deal, we’re working on a peace deal while they’re fighting.”
One of the key sticking points in any peace agreement is likely to be over territory, with Putin demanding Russia seizes control of the entire Donbas region, including land still defended by Ukraine.
The shift in language from Trump on security guarantees will be welcomed by European leaders and Ukraine, but it is not yet clear what this would mean in practice.
Without full Nato membership for Ukraine it would still leave the country vulnerable to future invasion by Russia.
Before the White House talks, Zelensky wrote on X: “Our main goal is a reliable and lasting peace for Ukraine and for the whole of Europe.
“And it is important that the momentum of all our meetings lead to precisely this result. We understand that we shouldn’t expect Putin to voluntarily abandon aggression and new attempts at conquest.
“That is why pressure must work, and it must be joint pressure – from the United States and Europe, and from everyone in the world who respects the right to life and the international order.”
He said he had coordinated his position with European leaders and Nato secretary general Mark Rutte during talks at the Ukraine embassy in Washington earlier. Zelensky added: “Ukraine is ready for a real truce and for establishing a new security architecture. We need peace.”
Earlier, Downing Street insisted the UK position on Ukraine’s Nato membership had not changed, putting Starmer at odds with Trump on the issue.
Trump posted on Truth Social that Zelensky could end the war “almost immediately” if he abandons his Nato ambitions.
In response, Starmer’s official spokesman said: “Russia cannot have a veto against Ukraine’s pathway to the EU or Nato.”
Asked if Mr Trump could have a veto, the spokesman repeated that “our position on Ukraine and Nato hasn’t changed” and that Ukraine is on “irreversible path” to membership.
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