“We sort of were able to … get an agreement that the, that the United States could offer [NATO] Article 5-like protection, which is the first time we had ever heard … the Russians agree to that,” Witkoff told CNN “State of the Union” co-host Jake Tapper on Sunday. But as news of the European leaders celebrating Trump’s success reached Moscow, the Kremlin tried to walk back Putin’s pledge to the US president. Trump called Putin after the meetings with Zelensky and the European leaders to begin setting up a meeting between the two belligerents, which would be followed by a trilateral including the US president, he said in a Truth Social post.
Author: Kaydi Pelletier
Published at: 2025-08-18 21:55:20
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