Ukraine’s offer to forgo joining the NATO military alliance probably will not significantly change the course of peace talks, two security experts said on Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed willingness to drop Ukraine's NATO bid in exchange for Western security guarantees.

The decision to relinquish the joining of NATO could mark a major shift for Ukraine which has fought the war with Russia to join NATO as a safeguard against Moscow’s attacks and such aspiration is also included in its constitution.

KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Ukraine stands ready to agree on security guarantees based on NATO Article 5 as a part of a compromise in the peace process, the Ukrinform news agency reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived at NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's residence in Brussels on Monday to discuss efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte issued a stark warning to Western allies about the reality of the threat posed by Russia, as negotiations are making slow progress to end the war in Ukraine and the U.S. pressures Kyiv to make painful compromises with the Kremlin, including on territorial concessions.

Ivashchenko said Ukrainian intelligence has observed preparations to station the missile system on Belarusian territory. “Russia and Belarus are building military facilities for the launcher, surveillance systems,

In the past week, President Donald Trump and senior Republican lawmakers have presented starkly different views of a top U.S. national security challenge: Russia, its war in Ukraine and the threat it poses to Europe and the United States.