US FLOATS IDEA OF UKRAINE CEDING DONBAS IN EXCHANGE FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP

KYIV, NOVEMBER 14 /SRNA-Reuters/ - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the United States had floated the idea of Ukraine ceding territory to Russia in exchange for NATO membership.

Zelensky said that US negotiators had raised, for the first time, the possibility of Ukraine withdrawing from Donbas in exchange for joining NATO, following the latest round of peace talks with Russia in Abu Dhabi.

The Ukrainian president reiterated that Kyiv was not prepared to withdraw from its territory.