Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested a ceasefire deal could be struck if Ukrainian territory he controls could be taken “under the NATO umbrella” - allowing him to negotiate the return of the rest later “in a diplomatic way”.

    • RubberDuck
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      37 hours ago

      It would be part of the negotiations, so the most likely way it will work is that to cease hostilities, they agree on a line on the map and everything left of the line is NATO. Anything short of that would mean Putin crosses the line in a few years.

      Then negotiate with Russia about returning occupied territories in exchange for… Lifting sanctions, returning cash, trade agreements, whatever.

    • @[email protected]
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      911 hours ago

      Not unless Ukraine diplomatically gets it back from Russia, rather than through fighting, which is unlikely. It would effectively be Russian territory at that point.

    • @CMDR_Horn
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      1012 hours ago

      That’s how I interpret it.