Zelenskyy reportedly says Kyiv willing to drop NATO membership demand – POLITICO

Ukraine is willing to drop demands for NATO accession should the U.S. and Europe offer sufficient security guarantees in ongoing talks on a proposed peace deal, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was reported to say on Sunday.

“We are talking about bilateral security guarantees between Ukraine and the United States — namely, Article 5-like guarantees ... as well as security guarantees for us from our European partners and from other countries such as Canada, Japan and others,” Zelenskyy told journalists in a group chat, according to a report by the Financial Times.

Ukraine and European leaders are working on a U.S.-drafted 20-point peace plan that includes territorial concessions to Russia.