NATO membership in exchange for territories: Ukraine offered ‘German model’ of peace, – FT

There is no talk of recognizing Russian sovereignty over Donbass and Crimea, but Ukraine may abandon attempts to return them by force.

The war in Ukraine could end with agreements that Kyiv will receive strong security guarantees, while Moscow will retain de facto, but not de jure, control over the occupied territory. Such a scenario is increasingly being discussed not only by Western but also by Ukrainian officials, writes the Financial Times .

The publication notes that neither Kyiv nor its allies agree to recognize Russia’s sovereignty over the occupied territories, since this would only contribute to further Russian aggression and seriously undermine international law and order. Instead, it assumes “tacit agreement” that these lands will have to be returned somehow in the future through diplomatic means.

“Giving up land to gain Nato membership may be ‘the only game in town’, as one Western diplomat told us, but for Ukrainians it remains taboo, at least publicly,” the FT writes.

As the publication notes, foreign policy circles have been discussing the “West German model” for Ukraine for a year and a half: West Germany was in NATO since 1955, although East Germany remained under Moscow’s control until 1989.

This model, as an option for Ukraine, was mentioned in particular by former US Special Representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and current President of the Czech Republic Peter Pavel.”I don’t think that full restoration of control over the entire territory is a prerequisite. If there is demarcation, even an administrative border, then we can consider [it] temporary and accept Ukraine into NATO on the territory that it will control by that time,” Pavel recently said in an interview with a Czech newspaper.

(C)UNIAN 2024

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In other words : Ukraine: you can join Nato but only if you gift 20% of your land to one of the most evil dictators that ever breathed oxygen.
That’s a big fucking no. Most, or all of Ukraine’s $16 trillion worth of mineral deposits are on land occupied by orc vermin. Rewarding genocide with land and incredible wealth is not something that can be accepted.

I have not read a more idiotic, moronic, stupid opinion in my life. It’s apparent the author knows nothing about Ukraine its history and culture. Our brothers have suffered countless deaths, injuries and may I add genocidal dictates from the Kremlin. Give up on Ukraine for joining NATO. NATO should kiss Ukraine’s ass for all that we’re going through partly for their benefit. There is no one that will have a better understanding of battle ground tactics in this century. They should kneel and pray that Ukraine would care to join NATO. Which I’d be against anyway, as NATO has shown how completely useless it is.