US negotiators have touted the idea of Ukraine withdrawing its remaining forces from the eastern Donbas region in exchange for Nato membership, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
The US has not confirmed Zelensky's comments, and a US official told the BBC "many ideas continue to be discussed but any final deal will have to be agreed to by both parties".
The Ukrainian leader's comments came after US envoys met Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky as part of US efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Kyiv has long sought membership of the military alliance, but this has previously been opposed by the US and others while Russia has said another Nato member on its border is unacceptable.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It controls most of the industrial region of Donbas and Zelensky has consistently said Ukraine is unwilling to give up sovereign territory.
"The Americans raised a question: 'What if Ukraine joins Nato? Would Ukraine withdraw from Donbas?' This was the first time this had been raised," Zelensky said in remarks released by his office on Saturday.
He went on to say that if he received a specific proposal that contained security guarantees, no constraints on Ukraine's military and funds to rebuild the country, he would put it to a referendum. US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff travelled to the Irish capital, Dublin, on Thursday to meet Zelensky, after a round of talks with Putin in Moscow.
Comments by both Putin and Kremlin officials suggest that Russia's position on the war has not shifted. It has previously proposed limits on the size of Ukraine's military, territorial concessions and Kyiv's guaranteed neutrality as conditions of a peace deal. Ukraine has rejected these, arguing that such constraints would hamper its ability to stave off any future invasion.
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By Alex Newman - https://harbingersdaily.com/for-the-sake-of-the-climate-the-un-seeks-to-bring-30-of-earths-land-and-water-under-its-control/
Delegates from nearly 200 governments, United Nations bureaucrats, environmental NGOs, and assorted “stakeholders” gathered in Yerevan, Armenia, last month for the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, with big plans for your life, liberty, and property.
Officially, COP17 was about “taking action for nature.” In reality, it was the latest chapter in a long-running effort to place vast tracts of land, water, and “genetic resources” under expanding international control, with national governments and private owners expected to fall in line. Also on the agenda was getting the UN-backed “biodiversity” agenda into all policy fields. The stakes could not be higher.
The UN’s 30×30 Land Agenda
The centerpiece was the first formal global review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted in 2022. That agreement sets 23 targets for 2030.
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By PNW Staff - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=10741#google_vignette
The election is barely over, and Texas Democrats are already showing voters what comes next.
On the first day lawmakers could file bills, Democratic Rep. Suleman Lalani introduced proposals for Muslim Heritage Day, Ramadan recognition and halal meals in public schools. Within days, Democratic Rep. Donna Howard filed a bill to repeal Texas abortion restrictions and the state’s ban on gender-transition treatments for minors. Other Democrats filed bills to repeal the state’s “homosexual conduct” statute.
Then Maggie Ellis, the incoming chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, announced that she wants to change the rule protecting judges who decline to perform weddings that conflict with their sincerely held religious beliefs.
The message is hard to miss: The election is over. The push to reshape Texas has begun.
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