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For NPR News, I'm Esme Nicholson in Berlin.
Responding to reporters via WhatsApp on Sunday, Zelensky acknowledged that Ukraine's NATO membership bid is not supported by all members of the alliance and proposed a number of bilateral Article 5-like security guarantees instead.
The compromise comes as talks get underway in Berlin to fine-tune the 20-point plan brokered by the US to reach a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
Eager to make sure European leaders have a seat at the negotiating table as they pledge to keep financing Kyiv,
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is hosting the talks.
But Zelensky's first meetings are bilaterals, with US President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who have been leaning on Ukraine to accept painful ceasefire terms.
For NPR News, I'm Esme Nicholson in Berlin.
Responding to reporters via WhatsApp on Sunday, Zelensky acknowledged that Ukraine's NATO membership bid is not supported by all members of the alliance and proposed a number of bilateral Article 5-like security guarantees instead.
The compromise comes as talks get underway in Berlin to fine-tune the 20-point plan brokered by the US to reach a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
Eager to make sure European leaders have a seat at the negotiating table as they pledge to keep financing Kyiv,
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is hosting the talks.
But Zelensky's first meetings are bilaterals, with US President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who have been leaning on Ukraine to accept painful ceasefire terms.
For NPR News, I'm Esme Nicholson in Berlin.
Responding to reporters via WhatsApp on Sunday, Zelensky acknowledged that Ukraine's NATO membership bid is not supported by all members of the alliance and proposed a number of bilateral Article 5-like security guarantees instead.
The compromise comes as talks get underway in Berlin to fine-tune the 20-point plan brokered by the US to reach a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
Eager to make sure European leaders have a seat at the negotiating table as they pledge to keep financing Kyiv,
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is hosting the talks.
But Zelensky's first meetings are bilaterals, with U.S.
President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who have been leaning on Ukraine to accept painful ceasefire terms.