Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO’s offer of security guarantees, but rejects US force to cede territory

Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO’s offer of security guarantees, but rejects US force to cede territory

BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday expressed his willingness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected U.S. efforts to cede territory to Russia as he held talks with U.S. envoys on ending the war. Zelenskyy met with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy … Read more

Zelenskyy says the US-led peace talks are fighting Russian claims for Ukrainian territory

Zelenskyy says the US-led peace talks are fighting Russian claims for Ukrainian territory

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that negotiators are grappling with the issue of territorial possessions in U.S.-led peace talks to end the war with Russia, including the future of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region and the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants. Zelensky revealed … Read more

Ukrainian troops near the front doubt that the proposed pact with Russia will bring lasting peace

Ukrainian troops near the front doubt that the proposed pact with Russia will bring lasting peace

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Moving between damp basements and muddy ditches to avoid constant Russian attacks in the nearly 4-year war, exhausted Ukrainian soldiers say their motivation is fueled by the fact that they are fighting for a higher cause: defending their homeland. But as negotiators try to hammer out a peace deal, troops … Read more