Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory

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Original Load Date Dec. 14, 2025, 6 p.m.
Last Updated Dec. 14, 2025, 6 p.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/ukraine-zelenskyy-nato-bid/

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BERLIN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia as he held talks with U.S. envoys on ending the war. Zelenskyy sat down with U.S....