Ukraine offered NATO membership for territorial concessions

During negotiations between Ukraine and the US, American negotiators reportedly offered NATO membership in exchange for territorial concessions to Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to put the question to a public vote. Zelensky stated the US raised the question of Ukraine joining NATO while withdrawing from the Donbas region. He is willing to hold a referendum but demands security guarantees from the EU and NATO, weapons deliveries, and financial support for reconstruction. US President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next Thursday in Shenzhen, China, alongside Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The meeting will focus on nuclear non-proliferation and Iran, not the Ukraine question.