# Europe is preparing for direct talks with Putin, FT reports; one proposal would give Russia Donbas and Ukraine NATO membership

https://mins.news/en/item/107860

- Meduza, 2026-10-20 12:52 UTC
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- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/20/europe-is-preparing-for-direct-talks-with-putin-ft-reports-one-possible-proposal-russia-gets-donbas-ukraine-gets-nato-membership

> Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman writes that more EU politicians believe negotiations with Vladimir Putin should not be left solely to the United States, and Europe could soon open its own talks with Moscow. Possible terms include freezing the front line while Ukraine stays out of NATO, or ceding all of Donbas to Moscow in exchange for Ukraine joining the alliance. The report also describes a new crisis in US-Ukraine relations over energy and Trump’s pressure on Kyiv to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries.

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