Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suggested he’d accept a cease-fire with Russia that left parts of his country occupied in return for NATO security guarantees over the rest, the strongest signal yet that the Ukrainian leader is open to ending the war without regaining all territory.

VOLODYMYR Zelensky has revealed he’s prepared to sign a peace deal even if Russia doesn’t immediately return the land it occupies. The valiant Ukrainian president says that his country

"If we want to stop the hot stage of the war, we should quickly take under NATO umbrella the territory of Ukraine that we have under our control. That's what we need to do first. and then Ukraine can get back the other parts of its territory in a diplomatic way,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signalled a dramatic shift in his position on ending the war - if Nato agrees to accept his country as a member.

Zelensky suggests letting unoccupied Ukrainian territory join NATO could end 'hot phase' of war - He said allowing unoccupied parts of Ukraine ‘under the Nato umbrella’ could help ‘stop the hot phase