Ukraine disaster: No longer urgent for NATO membership, says Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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Kyiv,
Mar
9:
President
Volodymyr
Zelenskyy
mentioned
he
is
no
longer
urgent
for
NATO
membership
for
Ukraine,
a
delicate
concern
that
was
one
of
Russia’s
said
causes
for
invading
its
pro-Western
neighbor.

In
one other
obvious
nod
aimed
at
placating
Moscow,
Zelensky
mentioned
he
is
open
to
“compromise”
on
the
standing
of
two
breakaway
pro-Russian
territories
that
President
Vladimir
Putin
acknowledged
as
impartial
simply
earlier than
unleashing
the
invasion
on
February
24.

“I
have
cooled
down
relating to
this
query
a
lengthy
time
in the past
after
we
understood
that
…
NATO
is
not
ready
to
settle for
Ukraine,”
Zelensky
mentioned
in
an
interview
aired
Monday
night time
on
ABC
Information.
“The
alliance
is
afraid
of
controversial
issues,
and
confrontation
with
Russia,”
the
president
added.

The
Ukrainian
President
evoked
British
wartime
chief
Winston
Churchill
as
he
informed
the
U.Ok.
Parliament
that
his
nation
would
combat
Russia’s
invasion
to
the
finish
in
Ukraine’s
cities,
fields
and
riverbanks.
Zelenskyy
informed
British
lawmakers
“we
will
not
give
up
and
we
will
not
lose,”
in
a
speech
that
evoked
Churchill’s
stirring
“by no means
give up”
speech
throughout
the
darkest
days
of
World
Struggle
II.

Talking
by
video
from
Ukraine
to
a
packed
Home
of
Commons
chamber,
Zelenskyy
urged
Britain
to
improve
sanctions
on
Russia
and
to
acknowledge
Russia
as
“a
terrorist
nation.”
Tuesday’s
deal with
was
the
first
time
a
overseas
chief
was
allowed
to
communicate
in
the
Home
of
Commons.
Screens
and
simultaneous
translation
headsets
had been
set
up
in
the
Home
of
Commons
so
lawmakers
may
hear
him.
(AP)