Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has proposed a postwar security guarantee that would require Ukraine’s allies to decide within 24 hours of a renewed Russian attack whether or not to commit troops, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 20, citing sources familiar with the discussions.
European leaders and other Ukrainian allies have been accelerating talks on security guarantees for Kyiv in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Alaska Summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. NATO military leaders met virtually on Aug. 20 to discuss security support.
Meloni is backing a plan that is similar to NATO’s Article 5 collective defense clause, sources told Bloomberg. The proposal does not include Ukraine’s membership in NATO.
The Alliance’s collective defense principle enshrined in Article 5 commits member nations to provide military support to any other member state in the event of an attack. Meloni first brought up the idea of…
