NATO, Ukraine and Russia
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Ukraine has relinquished its ambition of joining the NATO military alliance in exchange for Western security guarantees as a compromise to end the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin.
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Zelensky offers to drop NATO bid in return for security guarantees, rejects push to cede land
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed willingness to drop Ukraine's NATO aspirations in exchange for Western security guarantees. But he rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia.
Negotiators solved probably “90% of the issues between Ukraine and Russia ,” the U.S. official told reporters, and Trump “believes he can get Russia to accept” the “NATO-like” guarantee and European Union membership for Ukraine.
Former Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said after the Ukraine war, Europe must be ready for further Russian aggression.
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie fielded a bill to remove the U.S. from NATO, putting forward a companion measure after Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill earlier this year.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Wednesday introduced a bill that would pull the United States out of the NATO alliance. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said she would co-sponsor the bill,
Secretary-General Mark Rutte chastised some allies for moving too slowly when it comes to ramping up defense spending.
Attacks on civilian merchant shipping in the Black Sea expand the scope of the war and threaten to drag NATO members like Türkiye deeper into the maelstrom.