US suggested Kyiv cede land to Russia in exchange for joining NATO, Zelensky says
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Washington has suggested Ukraine cede land to Russia in exchange for joining NATO, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in comments released Saturday, adding that it indicated his country's ties with the Western military alliance are "back on the agenda".
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said US peace envoys asked whether Ukraine would be willing to give up the Donbas region in the nation’s east to Russia in exchange for NATO membership, signaling a potential shift in Washington’s negotiating tactics.
Zelenskyy said U.S. representatives for the first time raised whether Ukraine would withdraw from Donbas in exchange for NATO membership. Kyiv says it will not give up territory and would consider any proposal only alongside specific NATO and EU security guarantees, military and financial support, a…
President Zelensky said the US had proposed ceding Ukraine's eastern city of Donbas to Russia, in exchange for Ukrainian membership of NATO, following the latest round of peace talks in Abu Dhabi this week.
"The Americans raised the question: 'What if Ukraine joins NATO? Would Ukraine withdraw from Donbas?' This was the first time this issue had been raised," President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists.
By Olena Harmash KYIV, Nov 14 (Reuters) - US negotiators have floated the idea of Ukraine's potential withdrawal from its eastern region of Donbas in exchange for joining NATO, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, following the latest round of peace talks with Russia in Abu Dhabi.
By Svitlana Vlasova, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The US floated the idea of Ukraine ceding the eastern Donbas region to Russia in exchange for NATO membership during recent talks, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United States had raised the possibility of a new security framework for Europe as part of efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine, warning that Moscow could use such discussions to weaken NATO and reshape the continent's borders.
The US has floated the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO in exchange for surrendering its remaining territory in the war-ravaged Donbas region to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said: “The Americans raised the question: ‘What if Ukraine joins NATO? Would Ukraine withdraw from Donbas?’ This wa…
Washington has suggested Ukraine cede land to Russia in exchange for joining NATO, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in comments released Saturday, adding that it indicated his country's ties with the Western military alliance are "back on the agenda".
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