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NATO Floats Security Guarantees for Ukraine, Not Membership. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says Ukraine's path into the alliance remains "irreversible," but membership is not on the table right now. Speaking on Fox News, Rutte explained that instead, allies are weighing security guarantees similar to NATO's Article 5 – which treats an attack on one member as an attack on all. The idea comes as the U.S. and several countries remain opposed to Kyiv joining NATO, despite Ukraine enshrining membership as a constitutional goal. Rutte stressed that the current talks focus on guarantees, not on deploying NATO troops. His comments followed a busy diplomatic stretch for President Donald Trump, who met with Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week and then hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European leaders at the White House on Monday. Trump described those meetings as "very good," adding he has already spoken with Putin about arranging direct talks between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents, with a trilateral summit to follow.
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