Aug 21 (Reuters) - Military chiefs from the United States and a number of European countries on Thursday presented options to their national security advisers for providing security guarantees to Ukraine, officials said.
This followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to help protect the country under any deal to end Russia’s 3-1/2-year-old war in Ukraine.
A Pentagon statement said U.S. and European planners had developed the military options for “appropriate consideration” by allied national security advisers. Reuters was first to report that the military leaders were preparing the options.
The chiefs of defense for the United States, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Ukraine met in Washington, D.C., between Tuesday and Thursday.
A source familiar with the matter said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also serves as Trump’s national security adviser, held a conference call on Thursday with his European counterparts to discuss the options.
