“US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Presidential Office Head Andriy Ermak discussed security guarantees for Ukraine at a meeting of advisers. The parties plan to finalize their model by the end of next week.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Social with reference to sources in the office of the President as well as Jermak Advisor Alexander Bevz
Details: Meeting on security guarantees for Ukraine took place in the evening of August 22. The US was present Rubio and the generals of the American Armed Forces. The National Security Advisers of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, as well as NATO representatives and the European Commission also joined.
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According to the interlocutor of the publication, the details of security guarantees are now working out two subgroups: political-legal and purely military.
The political group from Ukraine is headed by Yermak. Military issues are discussed by the Secretary of the NSDC Rustem Umerov, the Head of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Sirsky and other representatives of the Ukrainian defense forces.
Military guarantees, in particular, consist in the supply of weapons, financial support for defense forces, exchange of intelligence, providing exercises and conducting joint training missions.
“I think the military unit is actually at a certain stage of completion,” the interlocutor said.
He noted that security guarantees were worked out, knowing that there is a “decisive” coalition and a contact group on Ukraine’s support in Ramstein format, which, in addition to supplying weapons, also provides discussing what states (as, when and in what extent – ed.) Will be placed in the Ukrainian territory. They plan to do this after a steady ceasefire.
Direct source language: “But, of course, it is very important for Ukraine and Europeans that the United States provides the so -called Back Stop mechanism (emergency assistance – ed). Yes, President Donald Trump, other American speakers said that they do not consider Troops on the Ground yet – that is, the presence of a contingent. Air cover.
Details: As the advisor of the head of the publish Alexander BevzFinishing the security project for Ukraine is planned by the end of next week. It will be a frame option with a set of components. And the next stage will be the signing of contracts, but their registration and ratification require more time.
According to him, negotiators engaged in the political part of the guarantees for Ukraine work on a peculiar version of Article 5 of the NATO Treaty on Collective Defense. The meeting discusses a clear mechanism of action: what happens when Russia renew its aggression or begins a new war against Ukraine.
Straight Bevza language: “In the vision of Ukraine, it should be a system of bilateral obligatory treaties, ratified by parliaments of the respective countries. That is not just duplicated Article 5 of the Washington Treaty, but prescribed an algorithm that must have a time frame, and specific dimensions: financial, militant, and intelligence.”
Prehistory:
- NATO Secretary -General Mark Rutte said that security guarantees for Ukraine and the United States will consist of two levels.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that only after the whole security guarantees for Ukraine are spelled out, it will be possible to understand what role specific states will play.
- Romania is ready to provide NATO military bases within the safety guarantees for Ukraine, and European leaders are asking the US to send F-35 fighter jets to Romania as part of security guarantees for Ukraine.