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In exchange for a cease-fire, the withdrawal of Russian troops and security guarantees, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Monday he would consider dropping the request for NATO membership.

Zelensky called for direct talks with Putin, and said he would be open to having discussions about the annexation of the Ukrainian region of the Donbas.

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He said it was a compromise for everyone, for the West, which doesn't know what to do with NATO, and for Russia, which wants security guarantees.

  • We are not accepted into NATO because they are afraid of Russia. That's all. He told the Washington Post that we need to calm down and ask what other security guarantees are possible.

Putin has so far refused to meet with Zelensky, and peace talks between the two countries have failed to produce any major results.

  • Russia has demanded that Ukraine give up all claims to the territory of the Donbas and give up its membership in NATO.

President Biden is scheduled to travel to Europe later this week to discuss the crisis in Ukraine with U.S. allies.

  • Russian forces have intensified their air and sea campaigns against Ukraine.

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  • Poland said last Friday that it would submit a proposal for a mission in Ukraine at the next NATO summit. It would be a very reckless and extremely dangerous decision, according to the Kremlin spokesman, who told reporters on a conference call.

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