Envoy says

Russia quickly surrendered during its presidency Donald Trump’s According to Steve Witkoff, the U.S. Special Envoy, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday.

These remarks are the United States and European allies are sorting out Putin allowed the United States and its European allies to provide additional protection to Ukraine, similar to the protection in NATO’s common defense clause, Witkov said on Sunday that Putin announced on Sunday that it would allow the United States and its European allies to provide additional protection.

“I don’t want to dig deep into what is being discussed because we’re negotiating, mediating, and I think we’re going to be very successful because of President Trump’s leadership,” Witkoff told Fox News Tuesday night.

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“But at the first meeting in Alaska, the Russians made concessions almost immediately,” Vickov said. “And part of getting these concessions is learning whether we can see Russians ready to be more accommodating.”

Historically, Russia has demanded that peace agreements include NATO regulations to Ukraine and concessions to some previous Ukrainian borders.

Trump: Europe will “take a lot of burden” to provide security assurance for Ukraine

President Donald Trump greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin after arriving at the joint base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on August 15, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP; Getty Images)

Although Trump said on Sunday that Ukraine could end the war by agreeing to concessions to certain lands in Russia and cancel NATO members under a potential peace agreement, next step, Trump and other European allies are working to formulate Ukraine’s security rules.

It was a huge focus when Trump met with the Ukrainian president on Monday Volodymyr Zelenskyy Other European leaders at the White House discussed various security measures to prevent Russian aggression against Ukraine. After the meeting, Trump said on Tuesday that he would send U.S. troops to Ukraine to strengthen security in the region.

“The president absolutely said that the US boots won’t be in Ukraine, but we can certainly help coordinate and maybe provide other security assurances for our European allies,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday.

“The President understands that security assurance is essential to ensuring lasting peace, and he directed his national security team to coordinate with our friends in Europe and to continue to work with Ukraine and Russia and discuss these issues.”

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump attended a meeting at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, August 18, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Zelenskyy said that our support for security assurance is crucial to providing stability to Ukraine.

“The security of Ukraine depends on the United States and the leaders in our hearts who are with us,” Zelenskyy said on Monday.

“We talked about that and we’re going to talk more about security assurance,” Zelenskyy said. “It’s very important that the United States sends such a strong signal and is ready for security assurance.”