President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States has asked for the first time whether Ukraine wo
· Kyiv, Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States has asked for the first time whether Ukraine would withdraw from parts of the eastern Donbas region that Russia does not control in exchange for NATO membership. Ukraine is not ready to agree to a deal that would cede territory to Russia. The prospect of NATO membership is being dangled before Ukraine, something Biden never did. Zelenskyy will see it as a sign of how badly Russia is behaving in the negotiations. Even if it is a meaningless trial balloon—and most likely is—it still signals how desperate Trump is to close a deal. It is a good