President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on 14 November that US representatives had for the first time asked Ukraine whether it would leave the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donbas if it joined NATO.
He said the question arose during negotiations over a broader security package. Zelenskyy described that package as including specific security guarantees from NATO and the EU, a strong Ukrainian military, weapons, funding for a defined period and a funded recovery plan.
The disclosure puts territory, alliance membership and security support into the same discussion, but Zelenskyy said the terms of the package have not been set out and talks are continuing. Ukrainska Pravda’s report relays his remarks; the supplied material includes no public US, NATO or member-state response on the question or on any related arrangement.
Zelenskyy said he would seek public opinion if the US side and other NATO counterparts endorsed such a package. His account describes a negotiating question, not an accepted exchange of Ukrainian-controlled territory for NATO membership.
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- Українська правда · Source date: 2026-11-14
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