Donbas for NATO? Zelenskyy Reveals US Swap Proposal as Russia Demands 1997 Rollback

KYIV — The United States has asked Ukraine, for the first time, whether it would withdraw from the Donbas in exchange for NATO membership, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed on Saturday, calling the question a sign that NATO is “back on the agenda.” This briefing covers the proposal, Zelenskyy’s pledge to put it to a national referendum, Russia’s demand that NATO roll its forces back to their 1997 footprint, the prisoner exchange of more than 1,000 people agreed in Abu Dhabi, and the fresh European defence aid announced in Copenhagen and London.

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