Ukrainian President Zelensky stated that joining NATO would be the only true guarantee for Ukraine, but given the opposition from the United States and some European partners, Ukraine has agreed to accept security guarantees from the US and Europe similar to NATO’s Article 5 collective defense clause.
He pointed out that Ukraine's primary wish is to join NATO, as this would provide real security guarantees, but the United States and some European partners do not support this path.
He said that Ukraine has signed security guarantees similar to NATO Article 5’s collective defense clause with the United States, European countries, and Canada to deter possible renewed attacks by Russia. This is a compromise Ukraine is able to make.
Zelensky said that members of the Ukrainian negotiation delegation, along with the Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Khernatov, will discuss the specific details of the security guarantees with the US military, and related details will be known soon.
On the 14th, Zelensky arrived in Berlin and plans to hold talks with German Chancellor Scholz and other European leaders.
NATO's Article 5, or the collective defense clause, states that "an armed attack against one or more of the parties shall be considered an attack against them all." The only time NATO member states have invoked Article 5 was after the "9/11" attacks, when they collectively supported the United States in launching the war in Afghanistan.