Top German Diplomat Floats Ukraine NATO Membership as Part of Possible Peace Deal

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that NATO membership for Ukraine could be part of a potential peace deal with Russia, which could also include conceding some occupied Ukrainian territory.

“There are different elements of a peace standing in the room: political and material security guarantees, NATO membership, an international presence for the preservation of a cease-fire, troop withdrawal, territory questions, reconstruction, the handling of sanctions,” Baerbock said Tuesday in Brussels. “Ukraine decides on its own with which goals it will go to the negotiating table.”