Speaking at the weekend, US envoy Steve Witkoff said: ‘We were able to win the following concession: that the United States could offer article five-like protection, which is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be in Nato.’

Trump and Putin met at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday afternoon to discuss an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine, which began more than three years ago. The pair announced “great progress” had been made, but they still did not reach any kind of plan to end the war.

U.S. President pushes Ukraine to make territorial concessions to Russia and brushes off allies’ calls for a ceasefire