US floated idea swapping Ukrainian territory for NATO membership: Zelensky

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said U.S. negotiators floated the possibility of Ukraine surrendering in the eastern Donbas region and conceding it to Russia in exchange for NATO membership. “The Americans raised a question: ‘What if Ukraine joins NATO? Would Ukraine withdraw from Donbas?’ This was the first time this had been raised,” Zelensky told reporters…