U.S. support clause vanishes from final Paris Declaration on Ukraine security
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron, and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Jan. 6, 2026 (Photo: Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS)
A key line promising U.S. support in the event of another
Russian invasion of Ukraine was removed from the final version of the Paris
Declaration on security guarantees, which was approved by the “coalition of the
willing” on Jan. 6, European
Pravda reported on Jan. 7.
According to an official at the Élysée Palace, the United
States is not formally a signatory to the declaration.
“The statement by the coalition of the willing was endorsed
by its members and thoroughly discussed with the United States,” the French
president’s office told reporters on condition of anonymity.
European Pravda reported that an earlier draft of the
declaration stated that the multinational forces “will be led by Europeans,
with the involvement of non-European coalition members, and with the
participation of the United States, including American capabilities such as
intelligence and logistics, with a commitment from the U.S. to support these
forces in the event of an attack” by Russia.
The Jan. 6 meeting in Paris brought together members of the
coalition of the willing, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
attending in person. Following the summit, the leaders of Ukraine, France, and
the United Kingdom signed a declaration of intent on the future deployment of
multinational forces in Ukraine after the war ends.
Politico earlier reported that the United States declined to
sign the joint declaration on security guarantees, leaving only the coalition
of the willing to do so.
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