U.S. reportedly floated trading Ukrainian land for NATO membership
Summary
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said U.S. negotiators asked whether Ukraine would withdraw from Donbas in exchange for NATO membership. He said any decision would depend on specific security guarantees and would not be his to make alone.Key Facts
- Zelenskyy said the question about withdrawing from Donbas in exchange for NATO membership was raised for the first time.
- He said Ukraine was discussing a security package that could include guarantees from NATO and the European Union, troops, weapons, and financial support.
- Zelenskyy said he would ask Ukrainians to decide whether to accept a potential exchange if those measures were offered.
- He said Ukraine needed security guarantees modeled on NATO’s Article 5 as an absolute minimum.
- Article 5 says an armed attack on one NATO member is treated as an attack on all members.
- Russia has occupied much of Donbas, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Ukraine withdraw its forces from the region.
- Russia declared the annexation of four eastern Ukrainian regions in 2022; the United States and United Nations have not recognized those annexations.
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