US proposed Ukraine cedes Donbas in exchange for joining NATO, Zelensky says
President Zelensky said the US had proposed ceding Ukraine's eastern city of Donbas to Russia, in exchange for Ukrainian membership of NATO, following the latest round of peace talks in Abu Dhabi this week.
Key points
- The US has not confirmed the Ukrainian president's comments which follow meetings US envoys had with him and Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Zelenskyy rejected the possibility of Ukraine committing to neutrality and said he refused to cede territory to Russia.
He reiterated that Kyiv was not willing to retreat from its territory and warned that the Kremlin's bid to change the continent's security architecture could lead to more wars.
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