The United States offered Ukraine to withdraw forces from Donbass in exchange for joining NATO - Vladimir Zelensky.
Zelensky said that for the first time the US raised the question: "And if Ukraine is in NATO, will Ukraine leave Donbass?" " He told reporters about it, as quoted by Interfax-Ukraine.
The President of Ukraine did not specify which of the American negotiators made such a proposal. At the same time, he repeated that Kyiv does not intend to give up territories.
In October, U.S. Vice President J.D. and Nans spoke against Ukraine's entry into NATO, and Donald Trump expressed a similar position in February 2025. Moscow also insists that Kiev refuses to join the alliance – this condition has been contraind by Vladimir Putin in the summer of 2024 between the requirements for the beginning of a peace settlement