US EditionZelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory
Zelensky proposed pausing Ukraine’s NATO membership bid for legally binding security guarantees from the US, Europe, Canada, and Japan to deter future Russian attacks.
- 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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