Zelensky says US raised Donbas withdrawal for NATO membership, report says

The Ukrainian president described a question, not a concrete offer or agreement, according to the bulletin.

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The United States asked Ukraine whether it would withdraw troops from Donbas in exchange for NATO membership, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, according to Ukraine's Channel 24. The report stresses that this was a question, not a concrete proposal or an agreement.

That distinction matters: while the video's title describes a first US offer of membership, its on-screen account gives a more qualified picture. According to the bulletin, Zelensky said territorial questions could be put before Ukrainians if strong security guarantees were available. It adds that there are no concrete details about this scenario.

Donbas is a region of eastern Ukraine at the center of the war that began in 2014, before Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. NATO membership would require agreement from all the alliance's members, so a US discussion alone would not amount to an invitation to join.

The Short presents its entire report as text over a static photograph of Zelensky, accompanied by music. It contains no recording of him speaking and identifies neither the US officials who raised the question nor when they did so.

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