President Zelensky has said that granting membership of Nato to parts of Ukraine that are not occupied by Russia could bring about an end to hostilities in the almost three-year-old war.
Zelensky’s proposal would signal an end to Ukraine’s attempts to win back by force those territories that have been seized by Moscow.
“If we want to stop the hot phase of the war, we need to take under the Nato umbrella the territory of Ukraine that we have under our control,” the Ukrainian leader told Sky News. “We need to do it fast.”
There is no indication that Moscow would accept Zelensky’s proposed deal involving Nato membership for parts of Ukraine
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Ukraine could then seek to recover its occupied regions “in a diplomatic way”. Such a deal would also ensure that Russia would not “come back” to seize more territory in the