President Donald Trump will meet together with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska, on Friday, August 15th, 2025. On the left is Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and on the second from the right is Secretary of State Marco Rubio. AP Photo/Julia Demarie Nikinson
US President Steve Witkov, a special envoy to President Donald Trump, said on August 17 that Russian President Vladimir Putin allowed us and our European allies to grant security protections similar to NATO’s collective defense mandate as part of an impending deal to end the war.
“We were able to win the next concession: the United States can provide protection like Article 5. This is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be NATO,” Witkov said on CNN’s “All Powers.”
