Ukraine 's President, Volodymyr Zelensky , has said he is willing to sacrifice Kyiv's longstanding demand for NATO membership in exchange for security guarantees from allies like the U.S, according to a report in the Financial Times .

Ukraine has insisted it needs concrete assurances Russia will not launch another attack on the country when a future agreement is signed to stop the nearly four years of war in eastern Europe. Kyiv has consistently said NATO membership is the best way to secure these guarantees.

The alliance itself has said Ukraine is on the path to membership, while Russia has pushed back in peace talks and called for Ukraine to be neutral.

Security guarantees, and the form they could take, have long been one of several major sticking points in grinding peace talks

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