US proposes Ukraine cede territory in exchange for joining NATO: Zelenskyy

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The Ukrainian president said Russia was "betting everything" on this winter's campaign in its war with Ukraine.

The Ukrainian president said Russia was "betting everything" on this winter's campaign in its war with Ukraine.

KYIV: The United States suggested for the first time that Ukraine cede land to Russia in exchange for joining NATO, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in comments released on Saturday (Nov 14), adding that Russia had rejected an energy target ceasefire at talks this week.

Zelenskyy said Russia was "betting everything" on this winter's campaign in its war with Ukraine, while warning that the Kremlin's demands to redraw Europe's security architecture were "dangerous" and could lead to more wars.

Zelenskyy spoke to the media on Friday after visits to Denmark and Ireland, where he met with European leaders following two days of US-brokered Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi.

The talks ended with no breakthrough in Europe's worst war since World War II, but all sides agreed that European officials should be included in future negotiations.

"The Americans raised a question: 'What if Ukraine joins NATO? Would Ukraine withdraw from Donbas?' This was the first time this had been raised," Zelenskyy said in the comments kept under embargo until Saturday.

US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff attended the Abu Dhabi talks and then met after with Putin and Zelenskyy separately.

Moscow turned down a proposal for a ceasefire in attacks on energy targets at the Abu Dhabi talks, Zelenskyy said.

"On the proposal for an energy ceasefire: the Russians don't want it," Zelenskyy said.

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