Volodymyr Zelensky has alleged US officials have floated the notion of Ukraine pulling out its residual military from the eastern Donbas region in exchange for Nato membership. The Ukrainian president’s comments follow meetings between US President Donald Trump’s envoys and Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky, in a US push to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Kyiv has long desired to join the military alliance but has faced opposition from the US and others in the past, with Russia saying another NATO member on its border is undesirable. Russia controls much of the Donbas industrial sector and Zelensky has stressed repeatedly Ukraine is unwilling to cede its sovereign territory.
The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.What if Ukraine joined NATO? This was the question the Americans asked. Would Ukraine pull out of Donbas?’ “This had not been raised before,” Zelensky said in remarks issued by his office on Saturday.
He said he would put it to a referendum if he were presented with a proposal that included security assurances, no restrictions on Ukraine’s army, and funding to rebuild the country. US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were in the Irish capital, Dublin, on Thursday to see Zelensky after a round of meetings with Putin in Moscow.
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