US proposed NATO-like security guarantees for Kyiv without joining bloc

The US has proposed to Ukraine security guarantees similar to those of NATO, but without joining the bloc, a diplomatic source told AFP Saturday after a call between Donald Trump, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European leaders, Report informs via AFP.

"As one of the security guarantees for Ukraine, the American side proposed a non-NATO Article 5 type guarantee, supposedly agreed with (Russian leader Vladimir) Putin," the source said.