US proposes Ukraine cede territory in exchange for joining NATO: Zelensky

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US proposes Ukraine cede territory for NATO membership, Zelensky says after talks with Russia end without a breakthrough. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will ask the Ukrainian society what it thinks of the proposal as he has “no right to make that decision on (his) own”.

KYIV – The United States suggested for the first time that Ukraine cede land to Russia in exchange for joining NATO, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in comments released on Nov 14, adding that Russia had rejected an energy target ceasefire at recent talks in November.

Zelensky said Russia was “betting everything” on the 2026 winter’s campaign in its war with Ukraine, while warning that the Kremlin’s demands to redraw Europe’s security architecture are “dangerous” and could lead to more wars.

Zelensky spoke to the media on Nov 13 after visits to Denmark and Ireland, where he met with European leaders following two days of US-brokered Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi.

The talks ended with no breakthrough in Europe’s worst war since World War II, but all sides agreed that European officials should be included in future negotiations.

“The Americans raised a question: ‘What if Ukraine joins NATO? Would Ukraine withdraw from Donbas?’ This was the first time this had been raised,” Zelensky said in the comments kept under embargo until Nov 14.

US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff attended the Abu Dhabi talks and then met after with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky separately.

Moscow turned down a proposal for a ceasefire in attacks on energy targets at the Abu Dhabi talks, Zelensky said.

“On the proposal for an energy ceasefire: The Russians don’t want it,” Zelensky said.

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