Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the U.S. and Europe to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's collective defense mandate.

U.S. President Donald Trump could offer NATO-like protection of Ukraine, and Russia is open to the idea, one of his top foreign policy officials said on Sunday ahead of a meeting with Ukraine and European leaders to hammer out details of possible security guarantees for Kyiv.

Steve Witkoff says Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with Donald Trump to allow the U.S. and European allies to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate.

"I like the concept of a ceasefire for one reason, because you'd stop killing people immediately... But we can work a deal where we're working on a peace deal while they're fighting." President Trump walked back on his previous comments where he suggested "severe consequences" for Russia if Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't agree to a ceasefire before a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European and NATO leaders.

President Donald Trump said there’s a “reasonable chance” to end the war in Ukraine after talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.