Ukraine's Nato bid back on table, but at what cost? Zelenskyy on US Donbas question

Ukraine's long-standing ambition to join Nato has resurfaced in peace negotiations with Russia, but a potentially difficult question now hangs over Kyiv's bid.Would Ukraine be willing to give up the Donbas in return for membership of the military alliance? US negotiators have raised the question, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, signalling that territorial concessions and security guarantees could become central to efforts to end the war.In a series of statements to reporters, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he believed Nato membership was "back on the agenda", revealing that US negotiators had asked whether Ukraine was prepared to surrender the Donbas in exchange for joining the alliance, Reuters reported.Zelenskyy's remarks come amid renewed diplomatic efforts to end the war, with Washington seeking to bring Moscow and Kyiv closer to a possible settlement.He said US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had told him that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to have…