India, Nov. 15 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the United States, during recent negotiations, floated the idea of Ukraine ceding the eastern Donbas region to Russia in exchange for NATO membership.

Russia currently controls a significant portion of the Donbas region, although its ground offensive there has faced a prolonged stalemate.

"If the American side confirms precisely this to us, together with other NATO partners, then I will ask our Ukrainian society what it thinks: do we accept it or not? I have no right to make that decision on my own. But we need specifics, and we don't have them yet," Zelenskyy was quoted as saying.

Recently, a US-brokered round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine was held in ...