Ukrainian President hints at ceasefire plan to end war with Russia

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has hinted at a potential ceasefire agreement to end the war with Russia.

He suggested that parts of Ukraine currently under his control could be taken “under the NATO umbrella,” allowing diplomatic negotiations for the return of occupied territories later.

In an exclusive interview with Sky News’s chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay, Zelenskyy addressed reports that one of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s strategies might involve Kyiv ceding occupied lands to Russia in exchange for NATO membership.

Zelenskyy indicated that NATO membership would have to apply to unoccupied regions of Ukraine while reaffirming the country’s internationally recognised borders.

“If we want to stop the hot phase of the war, we need to take under the NATO umbrella the territory of Ukraine that we have under our control,” Zelenskyy stated. “We need to do it fast. And then on the (occupied) territory of Ukraine, Ukraine can get them…