Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed willingness to drop Ukraine's NATO aspirations in exchange for Western security guarantees. But he rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia.

Ukraine has days to accept Trump's peace plan with US-led security guarantees, but Russia has reacted angrily to proposals allowing NATO-style troop deployment.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that his country may give up its dream of joining NATO, at least temporarily, for an end to the war and security guarantees.

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Ukraine is prepared to drop its bid to join NATO in exchange for legally binding security guarantees, President Volodymyr Zelensky said ahead of a key Berlin peace summit, according to media reports.

The Kremlin has described Ukraine's push to join NATO as one of the "root causes" of the conflict. Russia sees an expanding NATO as a major security threat. But NATO's expansion into the Baltics and other post-Soviet states is driven by a fear that Moscow would one day invade and try to fold them back under its control—as seen in Ukraine.

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On Sunday, former President Donald Trump expressed disappointment in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stating that he is not prepared to endorse a peace plan proposed by the U.S. aimed at resolving the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.