Zelensky condemns the pressure from the US. The US will give up the Donbass in exchange for joining NATO Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised that the American negotiators offered to examine the withdrawal of Kiev forces from the Donbass in exchange for the country joining NATO, a possibility he described as extremely difficult and that he would submit a referendum only if it included sufficient security guarantees and financial support. At the same time, he denounced that the limitations of SpaceX's Starshield military satellite system make Ukrainian activity against Russian drones difficult and asked if the company attributed the problems to technical failures.