US EditionZelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory
Zelenskyy offers to trade NATO membership for legally binding security guarantees from the US, Europe, Canada, and Japan to prevent future Russian aggression.
- On Dec 14, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine relinquished its ambition to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees ahead of talks in Berlin.
- Seeking protection, Kyiv is asking for Article 5-like bilateral guarantees from the U.S. and security guarantees from European colleagues, Canada, and Japan to prevent another Russian invasion.
- U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Berlin as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hosts summit meetings on Dec 14 and Dec 15 to finalise a U.S.-backed peace plan.
- The shift constitutes a major policy change that abandons Ukraine's constitutional NATO ambition and aligns with draft US-backed proposals involving territorial concessions and armed forces limits.
- Looking ahead, Zelensky said guarantees must be confirmed by the U.S. Congress as Kyiv and European partners recently submitted revisions to the U.S.-backed peace framework.
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Zelensky is available to grant Ukraine's accession to NATO, but only if there are robust "safety guarantees" both from the United States and Europe.
The Ukrainian president meets with Witkoff and Kushner in Berlin. Kiev renounces NATO against guarantees of security but the territorial issue is not regulated.
Volodymyr Zelensky was welcomed by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for negotiations on a peace plan in Ukraine. The Ukrainian delegation will then meet with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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