US floated idea of Ukraine swapping land for NATO membership, Zelensky says | CNN
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The US floated the idea of Ukraine ceding the eastern Donbas region in exchange for NATO membership during recent trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says.
A Ukrainian woman walks down a street, as anti-Drone nets are strung up over main Ukrainian roads and towns in eastern Ukraine and the Donbas region.
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The US floated the idea of Ukraine ceding the eastern Donbas region to Russia in exchange for NATO membership during recent talks, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says.
Zelensky told journalists that US negotiators it was the “first time” such a proposal has been raised: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has long coveted the region, while he has cited possible NATO membership for Ukraine as a reason for launching his full-scale invasion in 2022.
