Ukraine’s entry into NATO remains highly unlikely in the near term due to substantial political, military, and legal bar

U.S. administration officials signaled Monday a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine may be closer than ever.

Kyiv has now expressed readiness to drop its bid to join the NATO military alliance if the U.S. and other Western nations give it similar security guarantees.

The United States, Ukraine and major European countries have reached consensus on 90 percent of terms for a deal to end Ukraine’s war with Russia, two senior U.S. officials said Monday, but they added questions of territorial control have yet to be resolved.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that his country may give up its dream of joining NATO, at least temporarily, for an end to the war and security guarantees.

By Andreas Rinke and Tom Balmforth BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - U.S. negotiators have told Ukraine during peace talks in Berlin that it must agree to withdraw its forces from the eastern Donetsk region as part of any deal to end the nearly four-year-old war,

Kremlin spokesman says Washington not actively informing Moscow of progress in Berlin talks but expects to hear from US after conclusion of talks - Anadolu Ajansı