European Leaders Hail US Backstop to Protect Postwar Ukraine

President Donald Trump’s administration and Ukraine’s allies converged toward an agreement to offer security guarantees long sought by Kyiv during a Tuesday meeting of the so-called coalition of the willing.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff, who represented the US at the Paris gathering, said officials made significant progress on a plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine and “largely finished the security protocols.” He vowed that the US-backed protocols would “deter” and “defend” Ukraine from future attacks.