{"id":131915,"date":"2024-11-30T22:55:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131915"},"modified":"2024-11-30T22:55:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:55:53","slug":"zelenskyy-says-nato-offer-for-ukraine-controlled-territory-could-end-hot-stage-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131915","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy says NATO offer for Ukraine-controlled territory could end &#8216;hot stage&#8217; of war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 An offer of NATO membership to territory under Kyiv\u2019s control would end \u201cthe hot stage of the war\u201d in Ukraine, but any proposal to join the military alliance should be extended to all parts of the country that fall under internationally recognized borders, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a broadcast interview.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy\u2019s remarks on Friday signaled a possible way forward to the difficult path Ukraine faces to future NATO membership. At their summit in Washington in July, the 32 members declared Ukraine on an \u201cirreversible\u201d path to membership. However, one obstacle to moving forward has been the view that Ukraine\u2019s borders would need to be clearly demarcated before it could join so that there can be no mistaking where the alliance\u2019s pact of mutual defense would come into effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t give an invitation to just one part of a country,\u201d the Ukrainian president said in an excerpt of the interview with Sky News, dubbed by the UK broadcaster. \u201cWhy? Because thus you would recognize that Ukraine is only that territory of Ukraine and the other one is Russia.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Under the Ukrainian constitution, Ukraine cannot recognize territory occupied by Russia as Russian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo legally, by law, we have no right to recognize the occupied territory as territory of Russia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the war in 2022, Russia has been expending huge amounts of weaponry and human life to make small-but-steady territorial gains to the nearly one-fifth of Ukraine it already controls in east and southern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we want to stop the hot stage of the war, we should take under the NATO umbrella the territory of Ukraine that we have under our control. That\u2019s what we need to do, fast. And then Ukraine can get back the other part of its territory diplomatically,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>An invitation for Ukraine to join NATO is one key point of Zelenskyy\u2019s \u201cvictory plan\u201d, which he presented to Western allies and the Ukrainian people in October. The plan is seen as a way for Ukraine to strengthen its hand in any negotiations with Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, NATO\u2019s new Secretary General Mark Rutte said that the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/greece-ukraine-nato-european-union-defense-trump-5de895348c14f45b766c0e220c04b637\">alliance \u201cneeds to go further\u201d<\/a><\/span> to support Ukraine in its <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\">fight against a Russian invasion<\/a><\/span>. Military aid to Kyiv and steps toward ending the war are expected to be high on the agenda when NATO members\u2019 foreign ministers meet in Brussels for a two-day gathering starting on December 3.<\/p>\n<p>However, any decision for Ukraine to join the military alliance would require a lengthier process and the agreement of all member states.<\/p>\n<p>There is also uncertainty as to the foreign policy stance of President-elect Donald Trump. While Trump vowed on the campaign trail to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-russia-ukraine-war-un-election-a78ecb843af452b8dda1d52d137ca893\">end Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine<\/a><\/span> in a single day, he has not publicly discussed how this could happen. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-transition-ukraine-russia-war-kellogg-68b413ecde625f6643aebe5759a752e7\">Trump also announced Wednesday<\/a><\/span> that Keith Kellogg, an 80-year-old, highly decorated retired three-star general, would serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. <\/p>\n<p>In April, Kellog wrote that \u201cbringing the Russia-Ukraine war to a close will require strong, America First leadership to deliver a peace deal and immediately end the hostilities between the two warring parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, during his only campaign debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump twice <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-harris-ukraine-russia-war-putin-98aed0b4ffd785c7865ee17f66030a1d\">refused to directly answer<\/a><\/span> a question about whether he wanted Ukraine to win the war \u2014 raising concerns that Kyiv could be forced to accept unfavorable terms in any negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy\u2019s statement comes as Ukraine faces increasing pressure along the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) frontline. In its latest report, the Washington-based think tank the Institute for the Study of War said Saturday that Russian forces had recently advanced near Kupiansk, in Toretsk, and near Pokrovsk and Velyka Novosilka, a key logistics route for the Ukrainian military.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s air force announced Saturday that the country had come under attack from ten Russian drones, of which eight were shot down over the Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson regions. One drone returned to Russian-occupied territory, while the final drone disappeared from radar, often a sign of the use of electronic defenses.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry said that 11 Ukrainian drones had been shot down by the country\u2019s air defense systems. Both the mayor of Sochi, Andrey Proshunin, and the head of Russia\u2019s Dagestan region, Sergey Melikov, both in Russia\u2019s southwest, said that drones had been destroyed in their regions overnight. No casualties were reported.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Ukrainian president announced a number of changes to military leadership, saying that changes in personnel management were needed to improve the situation on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>General Mykhailo Drapatyi, who led the defense of Kharkiv during Russia\u2019s new offensive on Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city this year, was appointed the new head of Ukraine\u2019s Ground Forces. Oleh Apostol was named as the new Deputy Commander-in-Chief responsible for improving military training.<\/p>\n<p>Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi also announced Friday that he would bolster units in Donetsk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove with additional reserves, ammunition, weapons and military equipment. ___ Associated Press writer Katie Marie Davies in Manchester, England, contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Follow AP\u2019s coverage of the war in Ukraine at <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-nato-92069fae6a05fc03d6fb2643ecbb4b2a\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 An offer of NATO membership to territory under Kyiv\u2019s control would end \u201cthe hot stage of the war\u201d in Ukraine, but any proposal to join the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131915\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}