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US has floated Ukraine ceding Donbas for Nato membership, Zelensky says

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US has floated Ukraine ceding Donbas for Nato membership, Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Saturday that US negotiators have proposed Ukraine withdrawing its remaining forces from the Donbas region in exchange for Nato membership. This suggestion emerged following meetings between US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff and both Zelensky in Dublin and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

Zelensky noted this was the first time such a proposal had been raised, adding that he would consider putting a deal to a referendum if it included security guarantees, no military constraints, and reconstruction funding. While Russia currently occupies about one-fifth of Ukraine, including most of the Donbas, Moscow continues to demand territorial concessions and neutrality.

Zelensky has previously maintained that Ukraine would not cede territory, though he acknowledged the symbolic significance of accepting Russian control over the remaining Donbas areas.

नेपालीमा

नेटो सदस्यताको बदलामा डोनबास हस्तान्तरण गर्ने प्रस्ताव अमेरिकाले राखेको, जेलेंस्कीले बताए

युक्रेनका राष्ट्रपति भोलोडिमिर जेलेंस्कीले शनिबार अमेरिकी वार्ताकारहरूले डोनबास क्षेत्रबाट आफ्नो बाँकी बलहरू फिर्ता लैजाने बदलामा नेटो सदस्यताको प्रस्ताव राखेको बताए। अमेरिकी दूत जेरेड कुशर र स्टीभ विटकफले डब्लिनमा जेलेंस्की र मस्कोमा रुसी राष्ट्रपति भ्लादिमिर पुटिनसँग भेटघाट गरेपछि यो सुझाव आएको हो। जेलेंस्कीले यो पहिलो पटक भएको बताउँदै, यदि यो सम्झौतामा सुरक्षा ग्यारेन्टी, सैन्य प्रतिबन्ध नहुने र पुनर्निर्माण कोष समावेश भयो भने यसलाई जनमतसंग्रहमा लैजाने विचार गर्ने बताए। हाल रुसले डोनबासको अधिकांश भाग समेटेर युक्रेनको लगभग पाँचौं भाग कब्जा गरेको छ, जबकि मस्कोले भूमिगत सम्झौता र तटस्थताको माग जारी राखेको छ। जेलेंस्कीले पहिले नै युक्रेनले भूमि हस्तान्तरण गर्ने छैन भनेका थिए, तर बाँकी डोनबास क्षेत्रहरूमा रुसी नियन्त्रण स्वीकार्नुको प्रतीकात्मक महत्त्वको स्वीकारोक्ति गरेका छन्।

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