The USA offered Ukraine NATO membership for the first time in exchange for a withdrawal from Donbas. Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj told the news agency Interfax-Ukraine. He explained that Ukraine is negotiating a comprehensive security package with its partners but has not yet received a concrete offer.
Selenskyj further stated that Ukraine would not surrender its territories to terrorists. The US side raised the question of whether Ukraine would leave Donbas in the event of NATO membership. The president explained that he could not make such a decision on his own and would bring it up for discussion within Ukrainian society if the USA and other NATO members confirmed the proposal.
The Ukrainian president emphasized the importance of NATO membership as a security guarantee. He reported that the USA is discussing bilateral security guarantees, comparable to the agreements with Israel and some countries in the Middle East. Selenskyj reaffirmed the necessity of clearly defining what the security guarantees for Ukraine include and how they are to be practically implemented.
