The US floated the idea of Ukraine ceding the eastern Donbas region in exchange for NATO membership during recent trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United States had raised the possibility of a new security framework for Europe as part of efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine, warning that Moscow could use such discussions to weaken NATO and reshape the continent's borders.