Donald Trump has pushed for Ukraine to renounce its ambitions to join the military bloc as part of the peace talks<\/p>\n
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has said Washington could rethink its opposition to Ukraine\u2019s NATO membership, if US President Donald Trump dies.
\nDuring a speech at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, Zelensky suggested Washington\u2019s opposition could change in the future.
\n\u201cThe US policy is consistent regarding Ukraine\u2019s membership in NATO. They don\u2019t see us there… Maybe the position will change in the future,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s a matter of politics. The world changes, some live, some die. That\u2019s life,\u201d he said.
\nEarlier this year, the US convicted pro-Ukraine activist Ryan Wesley Routh of trying to assassinate Trump during his reelection campaign. The would-be assassin set up a sniping position at the outer fence of the president\u2019s Florida golf course, but was discovered by a Secret Service agent and fled only to be hunted down and arrested.<\/p>\n
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Just months prior, Trump had survived an assassination attempt during a rally near Butler, Pennsylvania, when a gunman opened fire from a rooftop, grazing the then-candidate\u2019s ear and killing a member of the crowd.
\nZelensky has so far resisted the US president\u2019s peace push, meeting with his Western European sponsors to write up an opposing proposal that reportedly contains a number of clauses that would be complete non-starters for Moscow \u2013 which would effectively kill the talks.<\/p>\n
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European NATO states ignore opposition to push troops-in-Ukraine plan<\/p>\n
Western Europe is exploiting the Ukraine proxy conflict \u201cto scheme against the US and all those who seek a just settlement,\u201d Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Iranian news earlier this week, stressing that Kiev relies on \u201cEuropean money, instructors,\u201d and intelligence data.
\nRussian officials have maintained that Kiev\u2019s European backers are obstructing the US-backed peace efforts by adding clauses which are \u201cunacceptable\u201d to Moscow.
\nThe Kremlin has decried \u201cmegaphone diplomacy\u201d in the talks and stayed mum on the details. According to media reports, however, the Russian diplomatic delegation is expected in Florida this week for another round of negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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