Ukraine Security Plan Has Robust Protections, Officials Say

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, center, at the EU summit in Brussels on Dec. 18.Photographer: Stephanie Lecocq/Pool/AFP/Getty Images

The US and Ukraine’s European allies have put together a plan of security guarantees containing detailed, robust and serious measures to ensure that any peace deal with Russia holds, according to officials familiar with the proposals.

An 800,000-strong Ukrainian army would provide the first line of postwar deterrence, with weapons and other support programs continuing from allies to ensure it’s suitably equipped and trained.