US proposed Ukraine cedes Donbas in exchange for joining NATO, Zelensky says
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US negotiators asked Ukraine whether it would pull its troops out of Donbas if it were admitted to NATO, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on 13 November.
Zelensky said Washington had never raised the question before.
If the US and other NATO allies confirm a package of firm security guarantees, a strong army and funded reconstruction, he would put the question to Ukrainians, Zelensky said.
He said any deal must come without recognising occupied territories as Russian.
Zelensky said he told the Americans that Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted, and that Putin's statements about borders complicate US mediation and push the end of the war further away.
Zelensky called guarantees modelled on NATO's Article 5 the necessary minimum, saying NATO membership would make a repeat attack on Ukraine less likely.
“But specifics are needed, which don't exist yet, and all of this is under discussion”
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