Zelensky: America offered to hand over Donbass in exchange for NATO membership.
The president of Ukraine announced that American negotiators had asked Kyiv if it was willing to hand over the Donbas region in the east of the country to Russia in exchange for membership in NATO.
Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday evening in his office in Kyiv, referring to the plan covering large areas of Donetsk and Luhansk, "this was the first time such an issue was raised."
He added, "We are talking with our partners about a comprehensive package of security guarantees. The package offered by Washington includes specific security guarantees from NATO and the European Union, keeping Ukraine in a strong army with a sufficient number of soldiers, weapons and financial support for a certain period of time, as well as a program for the reconstruction of Ukraine with specific financial resources."
"If the American side approves exactly these things to us and other NATO partners, then I will ask the Ukrainian society what they think: do we accept this proposal or not? "I don't have the right to make such a decision alone."