US Negotiators Suggest Ukraine Cedes Territory in Exchange for NATO Membership
Zelenskyy said U.S. officials floated the idea during talks as Kyiv insists any deal must include security guarantees and public approval.
- On Friday, Nov. 13, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists that United States representatives asked whether Ukraine would withdraw military forces from Donbas in exchange for NATO admission.
- The inquiry emerged during the latest diplomatic round, following US-mediated trilateral talks held in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 10-11 between Ukraine, Russia, and American officials.
- Zelensky emphasized Ukraine will not recognize occupied territories as Russian, stating any comprehensive package involving NATO membership and security guarantees would require submission to a public referendum.
- Separately, White House Says White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly announced on Friday that US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have begun preparing the largest prisoner exchange of the war.
- While acknowledging potential security models similar to those with Israel or Arab states, Zelensky expressed caution regarding NATO reliability, noting the collective defense clause has been invoked only one time in history.
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US negotiators suggest Ukraine cedes territory in exchange for NATO membership
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. He reiterated that Kyiv was not willing to retreat from its territory and warned that the Kremlin's bid to change the continent's security architecture could lead to more wars.
According to Ukrainian President Selenskyy, the US offered NATO membership to Ukraine if they renounce territories in return. Selenskyy continues to strongly reject this – as well as a neutral status. However, under certain conditions, he would hold a referendum on it.
Wolodymyr Selenskyj has made details of the negotiations with the US public. In the talks he was offered NATO membership for the first time. But the offer had a decisive catch. The US negotiators had insisted on extensive territorial withdrawals of Ukraine during the peace talks in Abu Dhabi – especially the entire Donbass region should go to Russia according to Donald Trump's envoys. That is the basic prerequisite for membership of the military…
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According to Volodymyr Selenskyj, the USA offered a NATO membership to Ukraine. Condition is said to have been a renunciation of territories in Donbass.
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