US offers Ukraine NATO membership for Donbas withdrawal: American negotiators have floated a dramatic trade in the talks to end the war in Ukraine, asking Kyiv whether it would give up the Donbas in exchange for joining NATO. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed the proposal on Saturday, saying it was the first time the question had been raised in the negotiations. The idea came after two days of American-brokered peace talks in Abu Dhabi, led by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, which ended without a breakthrough but with an agreement to exchange more than one thousand prisoners. Zelenskyy stressed Kyiv is not ready to give up territory, but said he would put the question to a national referendum if the United States and other NATO partners confirm a comprehensive package of security guarantees, a strong and well funded army, and money to rebuild. The obstacles are huge: President Vladimir Putin has long called Ukrainian NATO membership a red line, Russia occupies roughly a fifth of Ukrainian territory, and Moscow used the talks to revive its demands from December twenty twenty-one. European officials are now expected to join future rounds of talks.
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