Ukrainian president’s call comes after Putin launched bizarre rant against West amid ongoing US-brokered peace talks

The Kremlin has described Ukraine's push to join NATO as one of the "root causes" of the conflict. Russia sees an expanding NATO as a major security threat. But NATO's expansion into the Baltics and other post-Soviet states is driven by a fear that Moscow would one day invade and try to fold them back under its control—as seen in Ukraine.

Ukraine has days to accept Trump's peace plan with US-led security guarantees, but Russia has reacted angrily to proposals allowing NATO-style troop deployment.

UKRAINE is willing to drop its Nato ambitions as Zelensky makes another huge concession for peace amid mounting pressure from the White House to end the war. In return for Kyiv giving up its Nato

Zelensky ditches hopes of Ukraine joining Nato ahead of crunch peace talks in Berlin - Starmer to join European allies and US envoys for talks on Russia-Ukraine peace deal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says peace talks must move faster following what he described as difficult and sensitive discussions with U.S. officials in Berlin. Speaking alongside Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof in The Hague,

On Sunday, former President Donald Trump expressed disappointment in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stating that he is not prepared to endorse a peace plan proposed by the U.S. aimed at resolving the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.