Trump, EU Leaders Weigh Article 5-Like Security Pact for Ukraine

Donald Trump and several senior European officials have discussed creating security guarantees for Ukraine that would mirror NATO’s Article 5 mutual-defence clause without formally bringing Kyiv into the Alliance, according to people briefed on the talks cited by CNN, Reuters and AFP. The arrangement is being explored as part of a wider push for a potential peace settlement with Russia, the sources said. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told reporters that Trump had embraced Rome’s proposal for a defence commitment “inspired by Article 5,” signalling European backing for the concept. Details of how such guarantees would be triggered or enforced have not been finalised, and the discussions remain preliminary. Still, the move underscores renewed trans-Atlantic efforts to devise alternative security structures for Ukraine as NATO membership remains politically fraught.