Kiev [Ukraine], November 15: Ukraine continues to reject neutral status, one of Russia's main demands for ending the war, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday.
"If Russian President Vladimir Putin assumes that Ukraine's neutrality will be enshrined, then this will not happen," Zelensky said according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
He rejected a constitutional amendment, which would be required for such status. Since Ukraine is not a NATO member it has no long-range security guarantees, he noted.
Zelensky said US negotiators had offered, as an option, NATO membership for his country in exchange for Ukrainian withdrawal from the parts of the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbass that Kiev still controls. The Kremlin insists on a complete Ukrainian withdrawal from the Donbass.
Source: Qatar Tribune
