On Sunday, Zelensky stated that Ukraine is willing to drop its aspirations of joining NATO, an aspiration Ukraine views as critical, going so far as to include the goal of joining the Western alliance in its constitution.
“From the very beginning, Ukraine’s desire was to join NATO, these are real security guarantees. Some partners from the U.S. and Europe did not support this decision,” Zelensky stated ahead of talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Although Zelensky conceded official NATO aspirations, he suggested an alternative extremely similar, asking for “Article 5-like guarantees” from the United States, “and security guarantees from European colleagues, as well as other countries — Canada, Japan — are an opportunity to prevent another Russian invasion.”
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