Ukraine Demands Security Guarantees Similar to NATO’s Article 5, Excludes Donbas and Crimea

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses Russian and Ukrainian negotiators before their face-to-face talks in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 29, 2022. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters

Ukrainian negotiators on Tuesday proposed a mechanism similar to Article 5 of the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty, the founding document of NATO, to guarantee the security of Ukraine.

The proposal would require the guarantors to hold consultations within three days of the start of any war, aggression, military operation, and any disguised, hybrid war against Ukraine.